Background: Numerous disorders impairing or diminishing a patient's ability to swallow may
benefit from a PEG tube placement. This is considered the elective feeding technique if a …

Background Swallowing dysfunction following chemoradiation for head and neck cancer is a
major cause of morbidity and reduced quality of life. This review discusses 3 strategies that …

Importance Data support proactive swallowing therapy during radiotherapy (RT) or
chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for pharyngeal cancers. The benefits of adherence to a regimen …

Objectives Assessment of long term (10-years+) swallowing function, mouth opening, and
quality of life (QoL) in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients treated with chemo …

Background and purpose Curative radiotherapy/chemo-radiotherapy for head and neck
cancer (HNC) may result in severe acute and late side effects, including tube feeding …

Although chemoradiotherapy (CRT) has improved disease outcomes in advanced head and
neck cancer (aHNC), toxicity remains a major concern. Treatment interruptions and …

There is no standardized dysphagia therapy for head and neck cancer patients and scant
evidence to support any particular protocol, leaving institutions and individual speech …

Concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) for advanced head and neck cancer (HNC) is
associated with substantial early and late side effects, most notably regarding swallowing …

Objective To develop an expert consensus statement (ECS) on the management of
dysphagia in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients to address controversies and offer …

Introduction Nurses and other nonspecialists in dysphagia are often trained to screen
swallowing poststroke. There are many basic tools that test water only, they are usually …