Dysphagia, nutritional status, and quality of life in patients with head and neck cancer undergoing radiotherapy alone or combined with chemotherapy: an observational study
RT for HNC leads to the early development of dysphagia, which can adversely affect nutritional status and QoL. Including CT in the RT regimen leads to a more accentuated worsening of the evaluated parameters.
Authors
- Marina de Castro Monteiro Franco Gomes
- Arnoldo Mafra
- Bruno Almeida Rezende (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4460-0572)
- Thiago Jardim Arruda
- Ana Clara Speziali Menegazzi Almeida
- Pedro Maciel de Vasconcellos Ferreira
- Júlia Soares Cornélio
- Rafael Borges Salera
- Ana Paula Drummond‐Lage (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0289-8953)
- Marcelo Henrique Silva Nunes
- Juliana Maria Braga Sclauser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0511-7297)
- Raquel Fabiane Nogueira
- Pedro Henrique de Almeida Andrade
- Luciana Priscila Marçal
Institutions
- Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa Santa Casa (BR)
- Ezequiel Dias Foundation (BR)
- Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Cancer
- Published
- 2025-03-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-025-13695-y
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Dysphagia Assessment and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 21.83