ReviewSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2012
Swallowing dysfunction in cancer patients.
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71 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 186 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effect of Tumor-Associated Sarcopenia on Swallowing Function in Patients with Cancer: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of gastrointestinal cancer · 2026Pooled it
- Longitudinal Patterns of Radiation-Associated Dysphagia in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer: A Systematic Review.Head & neck · 2026Pooled it
- Esophageal and Oropharyngeal Dysphagia: Clinical Recommendations From the United European Gastroenterology and European Society for Neurogastroenterology and Motility.United European gastroenterology journal · 2025Guideline
- Prognostic significance of prognostic nutritional index in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Pooled it
- The effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in head and neck cancer patients with radiation induced dysphagia-a systematic review.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2024Pooled it
- Swallowing disorders and mortality in adults with advanced cancer outside the head and neck and upper gastrointestinal tract: a systematic review.BMC palliative care · 2023Pooled it
- Photobiomodulation therapy in management of cancer therapy-induced side effects: WALT position paper 2022.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Pooled it
- The impact of hematological malignancies and their treatment on oral health-related quality of life as assessed by the OHIP-14: a systematic review.Odontology · 2020Pooled it
- Oropharyngeal Dysphagia Evaluation Tools in Adults with Solid Malignancies Outside the Head and Neck and Upper GI Tract: A Systematic Review.Dysphagia · 2018Pooled it
- The life experience of nutrition impact symptoms during treatment for head and neck cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-synthesis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2017Pooled it
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- Nutritional status and impact on outcomes of patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy: a pre-planned secondary analysis of a phase 3 randomized controlled trial.Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute · 2025Trial
- EAT-10 Scores and Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing in Head and Neck Cancer Patients.The Laryngoscope · 2021Trial
- Clinical factors impacting on late dysphagia following radiotherapy in patients with head and neck cancer.The British journal of radiology · 2018Trial
- Does the total dysphagia risk score correlate with swallowing function examined by videofluoroscopy?The British journal of radiology · 2018Trial
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- Pharyngeal Dysphagia in Cancer: Characterizing Functional and Physiological Swallow Targets Across 12 Cancer Types.Dysphagia · 2026Article
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- Analysis of preoperative swallowing function in head and neck cancer patients based on fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES): a cross-sectional study.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Validation of the Finnish MD Anderson Dysphagia Inventory (MDADI) in patients with head and neck cancer.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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16 authors at 12 institutions in 5 countries.
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Abstract
purposeDysphagia (swallowing dysfunction) is a debilitating, depressing, and potentially life-threatening complication in cancer patients that is likely underreported. The present paper is aimed to review relevant dysphagia literature between 1990 and 2010 with a focus on assessment tools, prevalence, complications, and impact on quality of life in patients with a variety of different cancers, particularly in those treated with curative chemoradiation for head and neck cancer.
methodsThe literature search was limited to the English language and included both MEDLINE/PubMed and EMBASE. The search focused on papers reporting dysphagia as a side effect of cancer and cancer therapy. We identified relevant literature through the primary literature search and by articles identified in references.
resultsA wide range of assessment tools for dysphagia was identified. Dysphagia is related to a number of factors such as direct impact of the tumor, cancer resection, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy and to newer therapies such as epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors. Concomitant oral complications such as xerostomia may exacerbate subjective dysphagia. Most literature focuses on head and neck cancer, but dysphagia is also common in other types of cancer.
conclusionsSwallowing impairment is a clinically relevant acute and long-term complication in patients with a wide variety of cancers. More prospective studies on the course of dysphagia and impact on quality of life from baseline to long-term follow-up after various treatment modalities, including targeted therapies, are needed.
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