Swallowing Exercises May Aid Patients Undergoing Chemo-Radiation Therapy

Targeted swallowing exercises may help alleviate swallowing dysfunction resulting from undergoing chemo-radiation therapy . The researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine studied 26 patients with head and neck cancer who were receiving chemo-radiation treatments and conducted 5 targeted swallowing exercises during treatments . The results showed that the patients in the swallowing exercises group were better at 3-6 months in eating /swallowing foods than in the group of patients that did no exercises during treatments . The study concluded that aggressive swallowing therapy is an important way to improve outcomes after chemo-radiation treatments .