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Clinical and Instrumental Evaluation of Late Dysphagia in Patients With Oropharynx and Nasopharynx Cancer, Candidates to Combined Radiochemotherapy With Intensity Modulated Technique (IMRT)
Nowadays radio-chemotherapy is considered an alternative to surgical treatment in patients with locally advanced cancer of the cervico-cephalic district (LA-HNC), in order to guarantee organ preservation. Radio-induced dysphagia, as a multifactorial final effect, represents the real "Achilles Heel"; it occurs in more than 50% of patients and can lead to …
malnutrition
cancer
aspiration pneumonia
intensity-modulated radiation therapy
squamous cell carcinoma
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