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Schindler, Antonio; Denaro, Nerina; Russi, Elvio G; Pizzorni, Nicole; Bossi, Paolo; Merlotti, Anna; Spadola Bissetti, Massimo; Numico, Gianmauro; Gava, Alessandro; Orlandi, Ester; Caspiani, Orietta; Buglione, Michela; Alterio, Daniela; Bacigalupo, Almalina; De Sanctis, Vitaliana; Pavanato, Giovanni; Ripamonti, Carla; Merlano, Marco C; Licitra, Lisa; Sanguineti, Giuseppe; Langendijk, Johannes A; Murphy, Barbara
Critical reviews in oncology/hematology, 11/2015, Volume: 96, Issue: 2Journal Article
Highlights • Six clusters of statements had consensus from a multidisciplinary international expert panel on the management of dysphagia in head and neck cancer patients (HNCPs). • Before chemo-radiotherapy: general statements and risk factors. • During chemo-radiotherapy: statements about diagnosis of swallowing dysfunction of HNCPs. • Statements about the radiotherapic precautions to be adopted in order to reduce their risk of radio-induced dysphagia in HNCPs. • Statements about preventative and therapeutic exercises to be adopted.
