SynthesisEuropean archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery2019
Voice rehabilitation for laryngeal cancer after radiotherapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- [Correlation of serum PTTG1 expression level with clinicopathological features and prognosis in patients with laryngeal cancer].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2020Article
- Is voice rehabilitation not necessary for patients with laryngeal cancer after radiotherapy?European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2020Article
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- Letter to editor: Misleading conclusions in the recently published study by Taito et al. "Voice rehabilitation for laryngeal cancer after radiotherapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis".European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2019Article
- Response to the Letter to the Editor regarding the article by Taito et al. "Voice rehabilitation for laryngeal cancer after radiotherapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis".European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2019Article
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Abstract
purposeWe aimed to determine whether voice rehabilitation after radiotherapy improves the quality of life (QOL), voice function, and self-rated voice function in patients with laryngeal cancer.
methodsWe searched CENTRAL, MEDLINE, EMBASE, PEDro, and World Health Organization International Clinical Trials Registry Platform for randomized controlled trials published between inception and October 2018. The primary outcome was QOL, adverse events and mortality. Secondary outcomes included voice function and self-rated voice function. The quality of evidence was determined using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation approach.
resultsThree trials (enrolling 122 patients) compared voice rehabilitation to usual care or no intervention after radiotherapy. Voice rehabilitation did not significantly improve any QOL scores. Data on adverse events and mortality were not available in any of the trials. Voice rehabilitation did not improve any voice function scores, such as jitter (mean difference: - 0.48 [- 1.27 to 0.32]), shimmer (mean difference: - 0.04 [- 0.27 to 0.19]), maximum phonation time (mean difference: 1.54 [- 1.13 to 4.22]), and the grade, roughness, breathiness, asthenia, and strain scale (mean difference: - 0.39 [- 2.59 to 1.80]). Voice rehabilitation also did not improve the voice handicap index, which was used as a self-rated voice function score (mean difference: 5.54 [- 2.07 to 13.16]). The certainty of the evidence was graded as low for primary and secondary outcomes.
conclusionVoice rehabilitation for patients with laryngeal cancer after radiotherapy might not improve QOL, voice function, and self-rated voice function. Pre-specified voice rehabilitation programs may not be necessary for all patients with laryngeal cancer after radiotherapy.
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