The Copenhagen Model: Advancing multidisciplinary strategies for dysphagia and supportive care after head and neck cancer.
Insights from this model suggest that structured, multidisciplinary team-based rehabilitation can enhance the detection of late effects, promote well tolerated and effective therapeutic strategies, and strengthen patient-centred outcomes in survivorship care. The clinical experience underscores the need for ongoing research to refine interventions, assess long-term functional outcomes, and optimise multidisciplinary collaboration in HNC rehabilitation. Additionally, patients' posttreatment experiences influence clinicians' perspectives on the scope of future treatments, underscoring the need for surgeons' participation in rehabilitation and importance of research into prehabilitation assessment and communication.
Authors
- Irene Wessel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9986-5001)
- Tine Bloch Jensen
Institutions
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Copenhagen University Hospital (DK)
- Rigshospitalet (DK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head & Neck Surgery
- Published
- 2026-02-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/moo.0000000000001120
- Primary Topic
- Dysphagia Assessment and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00