Toukeibu Gan
Online ISSN : 1881-8382
Print ISSN : 1349-5747
ISSN-L : 1349-5747
Swallowing rehabilitation before and during concurrent chemoradiotherapy for oropharyngeal cancer
Miki TsuneyukiKouichiro YonezawaKoichi MorimotoHitoshi TanimotoMiki SaitoNaoki OtsukiKen-ichi Nibu
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2011 Volume 37 Issue 1 Pages 116-120

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Abstract
Recently, oropharyngeal cancer is more frequently being managed with concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT). As more patients receive CCRT, there is increasing attention on dysphagia. Since 2009, speech therapists in our hospital have performed swallowing rehabilitation for dysphagia associated with CCRT. We evaluated dysphagia after CCRT and examined the relationship between swallowing rehabilitation and swallowing disability. A total of 26 patients (22 males and 4 females) with a mean age of 63 years (range, 41 to 79), underwent CCRT between March 2008 and March 2010. Dysphagia after treatment was graded at the end of CCRT and discharge according to CTCAE version 4.0 and Fujishima dysphagia grade. Ten of the 26 patients underwent swallowing rehabilitation, exercise and education on muscle strengthening programs before and during CCRT. They tended not to have severe dysphagia, but there were no significant differences.
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© 2011 Japan Society for Head and Neck Cancer
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