Background Sedentary lifestyle is a major risk factor for noncommunicable diseases such as
cardiovascular diseases, cancer and diabetes. It has been estimated that approximately 3.2 …

Radiotherapy (RT) is used to treat approximately 80% of patients with cancer of the head
and neck. Despite enormous advances in RT planning and delivery, a significant number of …

Abstract Purpose To develop a European White Paper document on oropharyngeal
dysphagia (OD) in head and neck cancer (HNC). There are wide variations in the …

Cancers of the head and neck and the treatments required to control them frequently result
in serious and persistent impairments that can affect participation and quality of life …

Purpose Patients undergoing radiation therapy with or without chemotherapy (C/RT) for
head and neck cancer (HNC) often develop dysphagia. Interventions from speech-language …

Objectives Swallowing and voice dysfunctions are common side effects following head-and-
neck squamous-cell carcinoma (HNSCC) treatment. Our aim was to analyze the …

Dysphagia assessment and rehabilitation practice is complex, and significant variability in
speech-language pathology approaches has been documented internationally. The aim of …

Background Dysphagia is a significant side-effect following treatment for head and neck
cancers, yet poor adherence to swallowing exercises is frequently reported in intervention …

Background Extensive surgery and chemo/radiation therapy (C/RT) to manage head and
neck cancer (HNC) patients affects their ability to swallow food and liquids, risk of aspiration …

Objectives/Hypothesis The aims were to determine health‐related quality of life (HRQoL),
including voice problems, dysphagia, depression, and anxiety after total laryngectomy (TL) …