Predicting dysphagia-related complications and improving outcomes in patients treated with head and neck radiotherapy

本项目旨在通过以下方式改善接受头颈部放疗患者的吞咽相关生活质量：1)识别对吞咽至关重要的喉部肌肉，以改进未来的辐射策略，以尽量减少对这些关键结构的附带损伤；2)通过识别预测治疗反应的标志物，改善放疗后患者的卫生保健管理；评价一种改善吞咽功能障碍的治疗方法

This project aims to improve swallow-related quality of life in patients undergoing head and neck radiotherapy by: 1) Identifying throat muscles, critical to swallowing in order to refine future radiation strategies in order to minimise collateral damage to these critical structures; 2) Improve health care management of post-radiotherapy patients via identification of markers that predict response to therapy; 3) Evaluate a therapy to improve swallow dysfunction