Low-level laser therapy/photobiomodulation in the management of side effects of chemoradiation therapy in head and neck cancer: part 2: proposed applications and …

JAEM Zecha, JE Raber-Durlacher, RG Nair… - Supportive Care in …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose There is a large body of evidence supporting the efficacy of low-level laser therapy
(LLLT), more recently termed photobiomodulation (PBM) for the management of oral …

A review of the epidemiology of oral and pharyngeal carcinoma: update

DM Saman - Head & neck oncology, 2012 - Springer
Oral and pharyngeal cancers are the sixth most common cancers internationally. In the
United States, there are about 30,000 new cases of oral and pharyngeal cancers diagnosed …

Speech and swallowing following tongue cancer surgery and free flap reconstruction–a systematic review

L Lam, N Samman - Oral oncology, 2013 - Elsevier
This was a systematic review of the current research on speech and swallowing outcomes
and the factors affecting these outcomes after primary resection of tongue cancer and free …

The fatty acid synthase inhibitor orlistat reduces the growth and metastasis of orthotopic tongue oral squamous cell carcinomas

M Agostini, LY Almeida, DC Bastos, RM Ortega… - Molecular cancer …, 2014 - AACR
Fatty acid synthase (FASN) is the biosynthetic enzyme responsible for the endogenous
synthesis of fatty acids. It is downregulated in most normal cells, except in lipogenic tissues …

Randomized controlled trial of a multisite speech pathology telepractice service providing swallowing and communication intervention to patients with head and neck …

CL Burns, EC Ward, AJ Hill, S Kularatna… - Head & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background The purpose of this study was to present our evaluation of a new speech
pathology telepractice service supporting the swallowing and communication management …

Assessment of voice, speech, and related quality of life in advanced head and neck cancer patients 10-years+ after chemoradiotherapy

SAC Kraaijenga, IM Oskam, R Van Son… - Oral oncology, 2016 - Elsevier
Objectives Assessment of long-term objective and subjective voice, speech, articulation, and
quality of life in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) treated with concurrent …

Minimally invasive surgery versus radiotherapy/chemoradiotherapy for small‐volume primary oropharyngeal carcinoma

J Howard, L Masterson, RC Dwivedi… - Cochrane Database …, 2016 - cochranelibrary.com
Background More than 400,000 cases of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC)
are diagnosed each year worldwide and the incidence is rising, partly as a result of human …

Long-term quality of life and psycho-social outcomes after oropharyngeal cancer surgery and radial forearm free-flap reconstruction: a GETTEC prospective …

A Bozec, P Demez, J Gal, E Chamorey, MY Louis… - Surgical oncology, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective To assess long-term quality of life (QoL) and psycho-social outcomes, and to
determine their predictive factors after oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) surgery and radial …

Cost analysis of a speech pathology synchronous telepractice service for patients with head and neck cancer

CL Burns, S Kularatna, EC Ward, AJ Hill… - Head & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background The purpose of this study is to report the economic outcomes of a new
synchronous telepractice service providing speech pathology intervention to patients with …

Late effects of organ preservation treatment on swallowing and voice; presentation, assessment, and screening

JM Patterson - Frontiers in oncology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The prevalence of head and neck cancer (HNC) survivors is on the rise. Treatments for HNC
can have a major deleterious impact on functions such as swallowing and voice. Poor …