Grant received in 2021
DCCC has funded 200.000 DKK to the project
The purpose of the study is to research the treatment and rehabilitation of dysphagia after radiation therapy in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Dysphagia in patients after radiation therapy for HNC is a well-documented but underdiagnosed and undertreated condition. Patients are often at risk for severe symptoms such as silent aspiration, pneumonia, respiratory obstruction, malnutrition, social isolation and reduced quality of life. The treatment of dysphagia is a complex challenge. Support is required for the preparation of a national health and multidisciplinary study. Financial support is needed for initial project and protocol meetings, where several different professional perspectives from the department of ENT head & neck surgery, department of oncology, and department of rehabilitation are included with a research group composed from across the country and thereto-free purchase for protocol writing and application for the National Scientific Committees.
Project stakeholders
- Bahareh Philipsen, Consultant, Department of otorhinology.
Primary contact, Mail: bahareh.bakhshaie.philipsen@rsyd.dk - Jesper Grau Eriksen, professor, experimental clinical oncology, Aarhus University hospital
- Irene Wessel, overlæge, consultant, Department of oto-rhino-laryngology, Odense University Hospital Rigshospitalet
- Dorte Melgaard, Occupational therapist, PhD., Senior researcher at Clinical Research Centre, Regional Hospital North Denmark Region
- Christian Godballe, professor, Department of oto-rhino-laryngology, Odense University Hospital
- Jesper R Sørensen, PhD, post doc, Department of oto-rhino-laryngology, Odense University Hospital