Background: While aggressive treatment for oral cancer may optimize survival, decrements in speech and swallowing function and quality of life often result. This exploratory study investigated how patients recover their communicative function, swallowing ability, and quality of life after primary surgery [with or without adjuvant (chemo) radiation therapy] for tongue cancer over the course of the first year post-operation.Methods: Patients treated for oral cancer at three institutions (University of Alberta Hospital, Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center, and Turku University Hospital) were administered patient-reported outcomes assessing speech [Speech Handicap Index (SHI)], swallowing [(M.D. Anderson Dysphagia Inventory (MDADI)] and qual...
In an era where the incidence of oropharyngeal cancer has been growing steadily, there is a limited ...
Background: Dysphagia is still a treatment related morbidity as organ preservation does not always t...
Information on speech outcomes after glossectomy is needed to decide on specific surgical procedures...
Abstract Background While aggressive treatment for oral cancer may optimize survival, decrements in ...
PURPOSE: Most patients with tongue cancer require surgical resection of the tongue to varying degree...
Background: The consequences of a diagnosis of head and neck cancer and the impact of treatment have...
Background: Surgical treatment of squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity (OSCC) has a high impac...
The objective of this study is to assess swallowing and speech outcome after chemoradiation therapy ...
BackgroundNew medicinal and surgical oncological treatment strategies not only improve overall survi...
One hundred ninety-six patients treated for oral cancer between 1992 and 1999 self-scored their spee...
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to evaluate postoperative oral functions of patients who had u...
PURPOSE: The surgical treatment of oral cancer results in functional and aesthetical impairments. Pa...
Objective: The aim of this study is to analyze subjectively, using the SWAL-QOL questionnaire, swall...
Surgical treatment for cancer of the oral cavity can result in dramatic aesthetic and functional seq...
Introduction: Tongue cancer is one of the most common subtypes of head and neck cancer. The aggressi...
In an era where the incidence of oropharyngeal cancer has been growing steadily, there is a limited ...
Background: Dysphagia is still a treatment related morbidity as organ preservation does not always t...
Information on speech outcomes after glossectomy is needed to decide on specific surgical procedures...
Abstract Background While aggressive treatment for oral cancer may optimize survival, decrements in ...
PURPOSE: Most patients with tongue cancer require surgical resection of the tongue to varying degree...
Background: The consequences of a diagnosis of head and neck cancer and the impact of treatment have...
Background: Surgical treatment of squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity (OSCC) has a high impac...
The objective of this study is to assess swallowing and speech outcome after chemoradiation therapy ...
BackgroundNew medicinal and surgical oncological treatment strategies not only improve overall survi...
One hundred ninety-six patients treated for oral cancer between 1992 and 1999 self-scored their spee...
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to evaluate postoperative oral functions of patients who had u...
PURPOSE: The surgical treatment of oral cancer results in functional and aesthetical impairments. Pa...
Objective: The aim of this study is to analyze subjectively, using the SWAL-QOL questionnaire, swall...
Surgical treatment for cancer of the oral cavity can result in dramatic aesthetic and functional seq...
Introduction: Tongue cancer is one of the most common subtypes of head and neck cancer. The aggressi...
In an era where the incidence of oropharyngeal cancer has been growing steadily, there is a limited ...
Background: Dysphagia is still a treatment related morbidity as organ preservation does not always t...
Information on speech outcomes after glossectomy is needed to decide on specific surgical procedures...