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Analysis of pharyngeal edema post‐chemoradiation for head and neck cancer: Impact on swallow function

OBJECTIVES: Edema is a frequent clinical observation following chemoradiation treatment (CRT) of oral/oropharyngeal cancer and is thought to contribute to post‐CRT swallowing impairment. Our aims were to reliably quantify pharyngeal edema pre‐ and post‐CRT from videofluoroscopic (VF) swallowing stud...

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Autores principales: Turcotte, Maria C., Herzberg, Erica G., Balou, Matina, Molfenter, Sonja M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6209611/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30410991
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lio2.203