Larynx preservation treatments result in low instance of severe voice disability, nutritional dysfunction
Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 17:35
in Health & Medicine
Head and neck cancer patients receiving induction chemotherapy followed by radiation to preserve their larynx have a low-risk of severe voice disability and almost half experienced no eating or swallowing problems, according to a first of its kind study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium.