Swallowing dysfunction—preventative and rehabilitation strategies in patients with head-and-neck cancers treated with surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy: A critical review

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BHARAT B. MITTAL, M.D.,* BARBARA R. PAULOSKI, PH.D., DANIEL J. HARAF, M.D., HAROLD J. PELZER, M.D., ATHANASSIOS ARGIRIS, M.D., EVERETT E. VOKES, M.D., ALFRED RADEMAKER, PH.D., AND JERILYN A. LOGEMANN, PH.D. Departments of *Radiology, Section of Radiation Oncology, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Head and Neck Surgery, Medical Oncology, and Biostatistics Core Facility, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chicago, IL; Departments of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, and Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL