Grading dysphagia as a toxicity of head and neck cancer: Differences in severity classification based on MBS DIGEST and clinical CTCAE grades
Dysphagia Aug 31, 2017
Goepfert RP, et al. – This study highlighted the similarities and differences between dysphagia severity according to clinical common terminology criteria for adverse events (CTCAE) and modified barium swallow (MBS)–derived dynamic imaging grade of swallowing toxicity (DIGEST) grading. The evaluation suggested that DIGEST possibly complements CTCAE toxicity grading through improved specificity for physiologic dysphagia in the acute phase and improved sensitivity for dysphagia in the late–phase.
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