Feasibility of tongue strength measurements during (chemo)radiotherapy in head and neck cancer patients.

Leen Van den SteenOlivier VandervekenJan VanderwegenDirk Van GestelJean-François DaisneJohan AlloucheLaurence DelacroixDiane Van RompaeySylvie BeauvoisSophie CvilicSteven MariënGauthier DesuterJan Baptist VermorkenDanielle Van den WeyngaertPol SpecenierCarl Van LaerMarc PeetersPaul Van de HeyningGilbert ChantrainGeorges LawsonCathy LazarusMarc De BodtGwen Van Nuffelennull null

Published in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2017)

Feasibility of TSMs declines during CRT and is influenced by mucositis and pain. For the majority of subjects, TSMs were feasible within the first 4 weeks, which provides a window of scientific and clinical opportunities in this patient population.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
radiation induced
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chronic kidney disease
locally advanced
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
case report
pain management
photodynamic therapy
squamous cell carcinoma
neuropathic pain
patient reported outcomes
rectal cancer