Is aspiration as detected on pretreatment video fluorography, a harbinger of poor quality of life and early mortality in cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract treated with radiotherapy?

Is aspiration as detected on pretreatment video fluorography, a harbinger of poor quality of life and early mortality in cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract treated with radiotherapy?

Background: Patients with cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract (head and neck cancer (HNC)) tend to aspirate, either due to disease or treatment. The association of aspiration (documented on video fluorography (VFG)) with quality of life (QOL) and unexpected mortality was studied prospectively i...

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Main Authors: Punita Lal, Vipul Nautiyal, Tamojit Chaudhuri, Mranalini Verma, Koilpillai Joseph Maria Das, Shaleen Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2014-01-01
Series:South Asian Journal of Cancer
Subjects:
Aspiration
head and neck cancer
intensity-modulated radiotherapy
radiotherapy
Online Access:http://journal.sajc.org/article.asp?issn=2278-330X;year=2014;volume=3;issue=4;spage=209;epage=212;aulast=Lal

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