Voice, Speech, and Swallowing Outcomes in Laser-Treated Laryngeal Cancer
| Autor: | Steven D. Gray, R. Kim Davis, Matthew C. Jepsen, Deepak Gurushanthaiah, Nelson Roy, Marshall E. Smith |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Male Larynx medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Laryngoscopy Audiology Speech Disorders Postoperative Complications Swallowing Risk Factors otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine Humans Phonation Voice Handicap Index Radiation Injuries Laryngeal Neoplasms Aged Neoplasm Staging Voice Disorders medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Cancer Middle Aged medicine.disease Combined Modality Therapy Dysphagia Radiation therapy Treatment Outcome medicine.anatomical_structure Otorhinolaryngology Patient Satisfaction Carcinoma Squamous Cell Female Radiotherapy Adjuvant Laser Therapy medicine.symptom Deglutition Disorders business |
| Zdroj: | The Laryngoscope. 113:923-928 |
| ISSN: | 0023-852X |
| DOI: | 10.1097/00005537-200306000-00001 |
| Popis: | Objective: To describe preliminary voice, speech, and swallowing outcomes in patients treated by endoscopic laser excision of laryngeal cancer with or without adjuvant radiation therapy. Study Design: Retrospective review. Methods: Seventeen surgically treated patients (five T2 glottic and 12 clinically staged T2 supraglottic squamous cell carcinomas) participated in the study. Self-ratings of voice (Voice Handicap Index) and swallowing (M. D. Anderson Dysphagia Inventory) were completed, as well as independent auditory-perceptual ratings of voice and speech recordings. Resuits: Although no significant difference between Voice Handicap Index, M. D. Anderson Dysphagia Inventory, and listener ratings was identified based on tumor site and irradiation status, there was a trend toward poorer outcomes in patients who received adjuvant radiation therapy. Whereas the patients having supraglottic cancer tended to report better voice but poorer swallowing outcomes, the glottic cancer group displayed the opposite pattern. Severity on Voice Handicap Index correlated significantly with listener severity ratings of speech, suggesting that the patients' perception of their voice handicap was similar to the listeners' judgments of their speech severity. Conclusions: The results suggest the following trends: 1) Adjuvant radiation therapy was associated with poorer outcomes for voice, speech, and swallowing and may be associated with more impairment than surgery alone and 2) poorer outcomes on voice and swallowing were observed for the glottic and supraglottic cancer groups, respectively. To bolster these preliminary findings, additional outcomes studies in patients treated with conservation therapy are needed. |
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