El Mobadder Marwan, Farhat Fadi, Nammour Samir
Department of Dental Science, Faculty of medicine, University of Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgium.
Department of Hematology⁻Oncology, Hammoud Hospital University Medical Centre, G. Hammoud Street, Sidon 652, Lebanon.
Dent J (Basel). 2019 May 13;7(2):53. doi: 10.3390/dj7020053.
Among the few supportive care measures available for the management of dysphagia, Photobiomodulation (PBM) therapy, defined as the therapeutic use of light, has shown significant promise. In this case report, effective management of chronic dysphagia post hormonal therapy in a breast cancer patient was made. Experts in the supportive care in cancer and PBM proposed and requested further investigations of the protocol used in this case report in the management of dysphagia. In this case report, the protocol of PBM was proposed by experts in supportive care in cancer. Functional outcome swallowing scale for staging oropharyngeal dysphagia was used to assess the effectiveness of the treatment in pre-operative, per and post-operative stage. This case reports that PBM is effective in the management of dysphagia, a side effect of hormonal therapy in a cancer patient.
在可用于吞咽困难管理的少数支持性护理措施中，光生物调节（PBM）疗法，即光的治疗性应用，已显示出巨大的前景。在本病例报告中，对一名乳腺癌患者激素治疗后的慢性吞咽困难进行了有效管理。癌症支持性护理和PBM领域的专家提议并要求对本病例报告中用于吞咽困难管理的方案进行进一步研究。在本病例报告中，PBM方案由癌症支持性护理领域的专家提出。使用功能性吞咽结果量表对口咽吞咽困难进行分期，以评估该治疗在术前、术中及术后阶段的有效性。本病例报告表明，PBM对癌症患者激素治疗的副作用——吞咽困难的管理有效。
