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Rehabilitation of Heavily Treated Head and Neck Cancer Patients

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Optimizing functional outcomes of heavily treated head and neck cancer patients requires proactive, multidisciplinary efforts. Multimodality therapy can adversely affect multiple facets of head and neck functioning. Speech and swallowing problems are among the most challenging functional problems to rehabilitate. In this chapter, we provide a comprehensive approach to swallowing rehabilitation for patients treated with chemoradiation for locoregionally advanced stage head and neck cancers. Speech and swallowing rehabilitation models are also illustrated for surgically treated groups including major oral cavity resections and total laryngectomy.

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