Prospective clinical study on long-term swallowing function and voice quality in advanced head and neck cancer patients treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy and preventive swallowing exercises

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 272, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3521-3531

  Kraaijenga, Sophie A C ^a   van der Molen, Lisette ^a   Jacobi, Irene ^a   Hamming Vrieze, Olga ^a   Hilgers, Frans J M ^a,b   van den Brekel, Michiel W M ^a,b,c  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(Preventive) rehabilitation exercises; Chemoradiotherapy; Dysphagia; Head and neck cancer; Swallowing; Voice

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ORAL INTAKE SCALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; JAW MOTION REHABILITATION SYSTEM; KINESIOTHERAPY; LARYNX CANCER; MALE; MOUTH; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NECK DISSECTION; OROPHARYNX CANCER; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PAROTID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; REHABILITATION CARE; SECOND CANCER; SWALLOWING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRISMUS; VOICE; VOICE ANALYSIS; VOICE PARAMETER; XEROSTOMIA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VOICE DISORDERS;

AGED; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; DEGLUTITION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 84942200192     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-014-3379-6     Document Type: Article

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