Association of Risk Factors With Patient-Reported Voice and Speech Symptoms Among Long-term Survivors of Oropharyngeal Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Voice and speech production are critical physiological functions that affect quality of life and may deteriorate substantially after oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) treatment. There is limited knowledge about risk factors associated with voice and speech outcomes among survivors of OPC.

Objective

To identify the risk factors of voice and speech symptoms among long-term survivors of OPC.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study with cross-sectional survivorship survey administration includes cancer-free survivors of OPC who were treated curatively between January 2000 and December 2013 at MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, Texas) who participated in a survey from September 2015 to July 2016. Of 906 survivors of OPC with a median survival

SUBMITTER: Aggarwal P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8103354 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature