Current assessment and treatment strategies of dysphagia in head and neck cancer patients: A systematic review of the 2012/13 literature

Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 152-163

  Kraaijenga, S A C ^a   Van Der Molen, L ^a   Van Den Brekel, M W M ^a,b,c   Hilgers, F J M ^a,b,c  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment; Dysphagia; Functional outcomes; Head and neck cancer; Quality of life; Treatment

Indexed keywords

COMPLICATION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SWALLOWING;

DEGLUTITION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; EXERCISE THERAPY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84904545438     PISSN: 17514258     EISSN: 17514266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SPC.0000000000000050     Document Type: Review

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