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How do you balance aspiration risks with encouraging PO intake for HN cancer patients during and after chemoradiation?

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Radiation Oncology · University of Michigan

The main challenge is to identify the patients who are most prone to aspirate during and after Tx. Chemo-RT-related aspiration is frequently “silent”: the patient does not recognize he/she aspirates, and neither does the observer. The risk of aspiration is assessed by modified barium swallow perform...

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