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What Factors Affect Changes in Body Composition and Swallowing Function in Patients Hospitalized for Oral Cancer Surgery?

Yuko KagifukuHaruka ToharaYoko WakasugiChiaki SusaAyako NakaneMizue ToyoshimaKoichi NakakukiYuji KabasawaHiroyuki HaradaShunsuke Minakuchi
Published in: Clinical interventions in aging (2020)
Postoperative chemoradiotherapy is a risk factor for weight loss, muscle mass loss, and dysphagia at discharge, and chemoradiotherapy may affect rather than an invasion of surgery. After surgery, besides follow-ups for cancer, oral cancer patients should be followed up to assess dysphagia, undernutrition, and sarcopenia.
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