Oral or Oropharyngeal Cancer | Risk Factors for Speech & Swallowing Difficulties

Purpose: To identify a patient with a cancer of the mouth or oropharynx who may develop impaired speech and/or swallowing after treatment.

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Evaluation

Are you evaluating a patient with a cancer of the mouth or oropharynx?

Yes

Will the patient be treated with both surgery and radiation therapy?

Yes

Will therapy result in a loss of integrity to the genioglossus, geniohyoid and/or mylohyoid muscles?

Yes

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Location of the tumor

Tumor stage

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Results Interpretation and Description References Next Steps

Data complete?

Evaluation appropriate?

Number of risk factors for impairments of speech and/or swallowing after therapy

Should the possibility of speech and/or swallowing impairment be included in the therapeutic plan and informed consent?

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Risk Factors
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Severity, Prognosis, Stage
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Therapy

Prevention
- Scoring System for Oral Mucositis | Bone Marrow Transplantation

Monitoring

Response To Therapy
- Oral Mucositis Assessment Scale (OMAS)
Adverse Effects

Specialty

Hematology Oncology
Otolaryngology

Objective

risk factors
adverse effects

ICD-10

T66 - Unspecified effects of radiation

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Purpose: To identify a patient with a cancer of the mouth or oropharynx who may develop impaired speech and/or swallowing after treatment.

Specialty: Hematology Oncology, Otolaryngology

Objective: risk factors, adverse effects

ICD-10: T66,

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