April 1, 2012

Prophylactic Swallowing Exercises in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer Undergoing ChemoradiationA Randomized TrialProphylactic Exercises in HNC

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Abstract

Patients who performed prophylactic swallowing exercises had improved swallowing function at 3 and 6 months after CRT but not immediately after CRT or at 9 and 12 months after CRT. The small sample size may have limited our ability to detect significant differences beyond 6 months of observation as well as additional significant differences in our study.

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Alex D. Federman (Sun,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d725ba8a0e2c5879bef98e https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1001/archoto.2012.187

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