Pathophysiology of Radiation-Induced Dysphagia in Head and Neck Cancer

Dysphagia

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 339-351

  King, Suzanne N ^a   Dunlap, Neal E ^a   Tennant, Paul A ^a   Pitts, Teresa ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Deglutition; Deglutition disorders; Fibrosis; Pharynx; Radiation; Swallow

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPHAGIA; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE TRAINING; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR;

CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; RADIATION INJURIES;

EID: 84964397436     PISSN: 0179051X     EISSN: 14320460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00455-016-9710-1     Document Type: Review

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