Head and neck cancer patients receiving radiation as part of their treatment were less likely to need a feeding tube or suffer unwanted side effects such as worsening of diet or narrowing of the throat passage if they performed a set of prescribed swallowing exercises - called a "swallow preservation protocol" - during therapy, finds a study at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. The study, conducted from 2007 to 2012, was led by Dr. Marilene Wang, a member ...You have just read an article categorized health
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