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ReviewCancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.)2021

Assessment of cough in head and neck cancer patients at risk for dysphagia-An overview.

Sofiana Mootassim-Billah, Gwen Van Nuffelen, Jean Schoentgen, Marc De Bodt, Tatiana Dragan, Antoine Digonnet, Nicolas Roper, Dirk Van Gestel

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Review in Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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.

2 · The registry

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.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Possible Clinical Predictors for Dysphagia in Head and Neck Cancer Patients after Surgery.Folia phoniatrica et logopaedica : official organ of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP) · 2026
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  3. Review
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  6. Exploring predictors of dysphagia in survivors of head and neck cancer: A cross-sectional study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
    Article
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sofiana Mootassim-BillahDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Speech Therapy, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-4917-7360
Gwen Van NuffelenDepartment of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University Rehabilitation Center for Communication Disorders, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium.
Jean SchoentgenBEAMS (Bio-, Electro- And Mechanical Systems), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Marc De BodtDepartment of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University Rehabilitation Center for Communication Disorders, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium.
Tatiana DraganDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Head and Neck Unit, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Antoine DigonnetDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Head and Neck Surgery Unit, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Nicolas RoperDepartment of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Dirk Van GestelDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Head and Neck Unit, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Université Libre de Bruxelles · BEUniversity of Antwerp · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis literature review explores the terminology, the neurophysiology, and the assessment of cough in general, in the framework of dysphagia and regarding head and neck cancer patients at risk for dysphagia. In the dysphagic population, cough is currently assessed perceptually during a clinical swallowing evaluation or aerodynamically. RECENT

findingsRecent findings have shown intra and inter-rater disagreements regarding perceptual scoring of cough. Also, aerodynamic measurements are impractical in a routine bedside assessment. Coughing, however, is considered to be a clinically relevant sign of aspiration and dysphagia in head and cancer patients treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy.

conclusionThis article surveys the literature regarding the established cough assessment and stresses the need to implement innovative methods for assessing cough in head and neck cancer patients treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy at risk for dysphagia.

Indexed as

ChemoradiotherapyCoughDeglutition DisordersHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansPneumonia, Aspirationaspirationassessmentcoughdysphagiahead and neck cancerradiation

Identifiers

PMID33932152
PMCPMC8551981
OpenAlexW3157173644

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