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Journal of Cancer Science & Therapy
Cancer Summit 2018
July 02-03, 2018
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July 02-03, 2018 Bangkok, Thailand
World Cancer Summit 2018
Optimizing swallowing outcomes and management of dysphagia in head and neck cancer
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ysphagia (swallowing dysfunction) is a debilitating, depressing and potentially life-threatening complication in cancer
patients that is likely neglected. In last two decades oncological outcomes has improved with advance in surgical and
radiation methods, that’s why quality of life needs to be addressed among survivors. This keynote lecture is aimed to give
precise information on dysphagia in head and neck with a focus on assessment tools, prevalence, complications and impact
on quality of life. Management of swallowing dysfunctions will be covered with recent advances and available evidences in all
subsites of head and neck cancers that are treated with curative surgical/chemoradiation modality.
Biography
Shashikant Limbachiya is Super Specialist (MCh) Head and Neck Onco-Surgeon working in Gujarat, India. After his Post-graduation in Master of Surgery, he did
Super Specialty from Amrita Institute, India. He is the Founder of India’s first Dysphagia society, Deglutology Research Foundation. His areas of interests are oral,
laryngeal, sinonasal, skull base, thyroid, parotid and neck surgeries as well as reconstructive plastic and microvascular procedures. He has authored 6 text book
chapters and several publications in reputed journals.
drshashi@yahoo.comShashikant Limbachiya
Narayana Multispeciality Hospital Ahmedabad, India
Shashikant Limbachiya, J Cancer Sci Ther 2018, Volume 10
DOI: 10.4172/1948-5956-C5-134