Aspiration risk and postoperative radiation for head and neck cancer

Nam P. Nguyen; Cheryl Frank; Candace C. Moltz; Carrie Millar; Herbert J. Smith; Suresh Dutta; Alan Alfieri; Howard Lee; Paul Vos; Ulf Karlsson; Ly M. Nguyen; Sabah Sallah

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Aspiration risk and postoperative radiation for head and neck cancer

Nam P. Nguyen, Cheryl Frank, Candace C. Moltz, Carrie Millar, Herbert J. Smith, Suresh Dutta, Alan Alfieri, Howard Lee, Paul Vos, Ulf Karlsson, Ly M. Nguyen, Sabah Sallah

Radiation Oncology

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The aim of the study was to assess the aspiration risk following postoperative radiation for head and neck cancer. Thirty-seven patients had Modified Barium Swallow before and following treatment. Dysphagia severity was graded from 1 to 7. Before treatment there were sixteen grade 1, seventeen grade 2, three grade 3 and one grade 5. Following postoperative radiation, two patients had grade 1, eleven patients had grade 2, thirteen patients had grade 3, four patients had grade 4, four patients had grade 5, one patients had grade 6, and two patients had grade 7. Nineteen percent (7/37) of the patients developed aspiration (grade 5-7). Aspiration is life-threatening and may develop for all tumor sites and stages.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	47-51
Number of pages	5
Journal	Cancer Investigation
Volume	27
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/07357900802146162
State	Published - Jan 1 2009

Keywords

Aspiration
Dysphagia
Head and neck cancer
Postoperative radiation

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Oncology
Cancer Research

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