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[Dysphagia] Mouth and throat cancer
- Subject: [Dysphagia] Mouth and throat cancer
- From: raemay17 at yahoo.com (Jaimie Savasta)
- Date: Mon Oct 9 20:24:46 2006
I have a question regarding a recent patient I have on my caseload. He has tongue base cancer and also pharyngeal cancer. He will be receiving radiation starting this week, and my question is this: Is it appropriate to do oral motor and pharyngeal exercises with him as he has radiation? Will it be beneficial at all? Are there any precautions with doing these exercises in this special case? Currently he is NPO and has some scar tissue at the back of his throat from the biopsy. I am a fairly new SLP, and have no experience dealing with cancer of the mouth. Any pointers would be very helpful. Currently I am planning to discuss his case with the ENT, and I am planning on checking ASHA's guidelines in this area. So any input would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Jaimie Savasta, MS CCC/SLP
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