Exercising swallowing muscles and eating during radiation showed benefits in patients with head and neck cancers, according to expanded data from our experts: https://t.co/X3kZqrJrwE @CarlyBarbon@KAHutcheson#HNCSM#EndCancer
“Use it or lose it” - strong work from @carlybarbon - hear a bit more about our recently published replication study on Eat and Exercise during RT as a swallow preservation strategy @MDAndersonNews
Thrilled to share this important work that further demonstrates benefit of the “use it or lose it” paradigm throughout RT in a OPC cohort using validated outcomes!
Prophylactic movement of the pharyngeal musculature during RT by oral intake and/or swallowing exercise was associated with optimized subacute and long-term dietary and swallowing function across multiple relevant outcomes. https://t.co/Ht3Hpj3GXl #Research
Highlight of #DRS2022 : having the honor of speaking on a panel with my PhD mentor @SwallowRehab, moderated by my Postdoc mentor @kahutcheson
Feeling grateful to have incredible life-long mentorship by incredible scientists & raised in research by the best 🤩
1st grant in ✅ & thrilled to officially change my title from postdoc to Assistant Professor @MDAndersonNews incredibly grateful to start my journey in the Dept. of Head & Neck Surgery with such a wonderful multidisciplinary team in #hnc🤩 BIG thank you to my mentor@kahutcheson
@BenHansonMech@GovenderRoganie Agreed! I’m also not sure if the medium matters (consistency aside) as much as the actual food/liquid you are testing, volume aspirated, oral hygiene, etc. So many factors to consider
Join us next week: @hollyemcmillan, Drs. Stubblefield & Cardoso’s webinar on Trismus Mgt| July 28 |MD Anderson HNC Collaborative 🗣 On demand recordings available now on:
✅ Intensive Dysphagia Tx
✅ Complete Stricture
✅ Pre-RT protocols
Registration: https://t.co/pY51p0m89t
Delighted to share DIGEST taking flight - our DIGEST-FEES adaptation is hot off the press today. Thanks to @ASHAWeb ASHFoundation, @hstarmer, and our entire DIGEST team! @MDAndersonNews
Thank you to @ASTRO_org and Dr. Mell for taking an interest in and highlighting our work. Thankful to have wonderful postdoc opportunities at @MDAndersonNews and the best mentors paving the way in the head and neck onc @kahutcheson https://t.co/6YeY8SSZvs