ArticleDysphagia2018
Correlations Between Patient-Reported Dysphagia Screening and Penetration-Aspiration Scores in Head and Neck Cancer Patients Post-oncological Treatment.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Preventive exercise intervention for trismus in head and neck cancer - a randomized study : Preventive exercise intervention for trismus.Clinical oral investigations · 2026Trial
- Patient-reported swallowing burden and FEES findings in disease-free oropharyngeal cancer survivors after chemoradiotherapy.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- Patient-Reported Dysphagia After Multimodal Therapy and Radial Forearm Free-Flap Reconstruction for OPSCC: Associations With FEES Findings, Psychological Distress, and Xerostomia.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2026Article
- Acoustic Features of Airway Protective Maneuvers as Biomarkers of Radiation-Associated Dysphagia and Penetration/Aspiration in Head and Neck Cancer Patients.Head & neck · 2025Article
- Exploratory Research: Patient-Reported Factors Contributing to Decreased Oral Intake During Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer.Head & neck · 2025Article
- Validation of the Swedish Dynamic Imaging Grade of Swallowing Toxicity for Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (DIGEST-FEES).Dysphagia · 2025Article
- Transoral laser microsurgery for supraglottic carcinomas: results of a prospective multicenter trial (SUPRATOL).Frontiers in oncology · 2024Article
- Head and Neck Cancer: A Study on the Complex Relationship between QoL and Swallowing Function.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2023Article
- Distribution pattern of medial group retropharyngeal lymph nodes and its implication in optimizing clinical target volume in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
- Comparison of Objective Measures of Trismus and Salivation With Patient-Reported Outcomes Following Treatment for Head and Neck Cancer.JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery · 2022Article
- Long-Term Swallowing Outcome and Dysphagia in Advanced Staged Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas after Radiotherapy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Mastication, swallowing, and salivary flow in patients with head and neck cancer: objective tests versus patient-reported outcomes.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021Article
- Predictors of severe dysphagia following radiotherapy for head and neck cancer.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2021Article
- Swallowing, nutritional status, and salivary flow in patients after head and neck cancer treatment, a pilot study.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Assessment of cough in head and neck cancer patients at risk for dysphagia-An overview.Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2021Review
- Simultaneous evaluation of symptoms, swallowing functions, and patient-reported swallowing difficulties and their correlations with ingestion status during definitive chemoradiotherapy for oropharyngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021Article
- Validity of a dysphagia screening test following resection for head and neck cancer.Irish journal of medical science · 2021Article
- Identifying organs at risk for radiation-induced late dysphagia in head and neck cancer patients.Clinical and translational radiation oncology · 2019Article
- Late Effects of Organ Preservation Treatment on Swallowing and Voice; Presentation, Assessment, and Screening.Frontiers in oncology · 2019Article
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Abstract
Dysphagia is a common and severe toxicity after oncological treatment of head and neck cancer (HNC). The study aim was to investigate relationships between patient-reported dysphagia and clinically measured swallowing function in HNC after modern curative radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy to identify possible alarm symptoms for clinically manifest dysphagia. Patients with tumors of the tonsil, base of tongue, hypopharynx, and larynx treated in 2007-2015 were assessed for dysphagia post-treatment by telephone interview and videofluoroscopy (VFS). A study-specific categorized symptom score was used to determine patient-reported dysphagia (DESdC = presence of Drinking, Eating, Swallowing difficulties, and Coughing when eating/drinking (any combination); scores between 0 and 4 with 0 = no symptom); the penetration-aspiration scale (PAS) to determine swallowing function by VFS. Swallowing difficulties were defined as DESdC ≥ 1 and PAS ≥ 2. Relationships between clinically relevant cut-offs for DESdC and PAS were determined by Pearson's correlation coefficient (Pr). Swallowing difficulties according to DESdC were reported by 89% of the patients and according to PAS by 60% at a median of 7 months post-treatment. Averaged correlations between DESdC score 1/2/3/4 and PAS were 0.16/0.10/0.27/0.18. Almost one in two patients with DESdC score ≥3 had severe swallowing difficulties according to PAS. Correlations between individual DESdC:s were highest for swallowing and eating (Pr = 0.53) and lowest for swallowing and coughing (Pr = 0.11). Our data suggest that if a patient reports having swallowing difficulties, it is likely that he or she also has eating difficulties but not necessarily coughing problems when eating/drinking. However, if all these three symptoms are reported, it is likely that the patient will present with moderate or severe impaired swallowing function according to PAS and thus should be referred for further evaluation and treatment.
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