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Swallowing Dysfunction After Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy

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Dysphagia Management in Head and Neck Cancers

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Treatment of head and neck tumors poses greater challenges due to the resultant functional and aesthetic outcomes and due to their proximity to critical structures like the spinal cord; brainstem; parotid glands; optic apparatus including eyes, optic nerves, and optic chiasm; lacrimal glands; cochlea; and mandible. Multidisciplinary approach has always been the standard of care, with surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy remaining the main weapons in the armamentarium, with a small yet evolving role by the targeted therapies. Radical radiotherapy with concurrent platinum-based chemotherapy is often the main treatment option, in the nonsurgical management of patients with locoregionally advanced head and neck squamous cancers [1, 2].

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, Kerala, India

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  1. Department of Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, India

    Krishnakumar Thankappan

  2. Department of Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, India

    Subramania Iyer

  3. Department of Laryngology, Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram and Dysphagia Unit, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, India

    Jayakumar R Menon

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Chelakkot, P. (2018). Swallowing Dysfunction After Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy. In: Thankappan, K., Iyer, S., Menon, J. (eds) Dysphagia Management in Head and Neck Cancers. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8282-5_26

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