Trial reportHead & neck2019
The impact of time after radiation treatment on dysphagia in patients with head and neck cancer enrolled in a swallowing therapy program.
Trial report in Head & neck, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed.
- Trial
- Manual Therapy for Fibrosis-Related Late Effect Dysphagia in head and neck cancer survivors: the pilot MANTLE trial.BMJ open · 2021Trial
- Management of dysphagia in head and neck cancer: current and future perspectives.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Review
- Acoustic Features of Airway Protective Maneuvers as Biomarkers of Radiation-Associated Dysphagia and Penetration/Aspiration in Head and Neck Cancer Patients.Head & neck · 2025Article
- Improved quality of life in head and neck cancer patients treated with modern arc radiotherapy techniques - A prospective longitudinal analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Article
- Cross-System Integration of Respiration and Deglutition: Function, Treatment, and Future Directions.Dysphagia · 2023Review
- Distinct Dysphagia Profiles in Patients With Oral Cancer After Surgery.Oncology nursing forum · 2023Article
- Dysphagia Advances in Head and Neck Cancer.Current otorhinolaryngology reports · 2023Review
- Statistical Power and Swallowing Rehabilitation Research: Current Landscape and Next Steps.Dysphagia · 2022Review
- Effect of Intensive Oropharyngeal Training on Radiotherapy-Related Dysphagia in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients.Dysphagia · 2022Article
- Oral Health Management and Rehabilitation for Patients with Oral Cancer: A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- The Impact of Postoperative Radiotherapy on Dietary Function of Head and Neck Cancer Patients after Pharyngoesophageal Reconstruction with Free Jejunal Flap.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Socio-demographic aspects and treatment-related factors on oral cancer patients' participation in rehabilitation.GMS Interdisciplinary plastic and reconstructive surgery DGPW · 2022Article
- Quality Assessment in Supportive Care in Head and Neck Cancer.Frontiers in oncology · 2019Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
10 authors.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundSwallowing dysfunction after radiotherapy (RT) for head and neck cancer can be devastating. A randomized control trial compared swallow exercises versus exercise plus neuromuscular electrical stimulation therapy and found no overall difference in outcomes.
methodsQuality of life (QOL), diet, and swallowing variables collected at discrete intervals on 117 patients were reanalyzed to test the hypothesis that shorter time between the completion of radiotherapy and beginning of the swallowing therapy program yielded improved outcomes.
resultsAt baseline, subjects < 1 year post radiation had significantly better function than subjects >2 years post RT in several measures. Over the therapy program, the early group showed significant improvement in diet and QOL. Swallowing physiologic variables showed no difference between groups.
conclusionBeginning a swallowing therapy program within 1 year of completion of radiotherapy demonstrates more consistent improvement in QOL and diet performance compared to later periods.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.