Martino Rosemary, Ringash Jolie
Department of Speech Language Pathology, University of Toronto, 160-500 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1V7.
Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 2008 Dec;22(6):1239-56, x. doi: 10.1016/j.hoc.2008.08.011.
Common concerns of head and neck squamous cell cancer patients include concerns about illness and their future, general physical and emotional well being, speech, body image, and financial issues. Patients receiving radiotherapy report high levels of problems with swallowing, eating, and dry mouth. This article focuses on several of the most common and severe lasting issues for head and neck squamous cell cancer patients: impairments of overall quality of life, xerostomia, speech, and swallowing, focusing primarily on the tools and techniques for measuring such effects.
头颈部鳞状细胞癌患者常见的担忧包括对疾病及其未来的担忧、总体身心健康、言语、身体形象和财务问题。接受放射治疗的患者报告在吞咽、进食和口干方面存在大量问题。本文重点关注头颈部鳞状细胞癌患者一些最常见和严重的长期问题：生活质量受损、口干、言语和吞咽问题，主要侧重于测量此类影响的工具和技术。
