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The Effect of a Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Clinic on Compliance with Speech Pathology Treatment
Author(s) -
Starmer Heather M,
Sanguineti Giuseppe,
Marur Shanthi,
Gourin Christine
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1002/lary.22040
Subject(s) - medicine , otorhinolaryngology , head and neck cancer , general surgery , gerontology , cancer , surgery
Methods: Patients with newly diagnosed oropharyngeal HNCA referred for pretreatment SLP evaluation comprised the study population. Compliance was measured by participation in SLP therapy during and after head and neck treatment, as well as by the number of missed and completed visits. Outcomes were compared between patients who were initially evaluated through the multidisciplinary clinic and those evaluated outside of the multidisciplinary clinic format.