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See Latest ArticlesSwallowing performance in patients with head and neck cancer: A simple clinical test
Oral Oncology , 08/20/09
Patterson JM et al. - In a study to evaluate the utility of the 100 mL water swallow tests (WST) in head and neck cancer (HNC) pts, it was found that the 100mL WST is an effective swallowing performance measure and is easily incorporated into a clinical examination. This paper provides benchmark data on the 100mL WST for pts with HNC.
Methods- The 100mL WST was performed on 167 HNC pts.
- Measures were compared with respect to tumor site/stage, gender and age.
- The cohort was compared with published healthy controls.
- The test was quick to administer with excellent compliance.
- Pts had significantly poorer swallows than the published control group (mean reduction 1.6 mL/s).
- Function worsened with increased tumor stage and for pts with pharyngeal tumors.
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