Predicting dysphagia-related complications and improving outcomes in patients treated with head and neck radiotherapy

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1046882

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

This project aims to improve swallow-related quality of life in patients undergoing head and neck radiotherapy by: 1) Identifying throat muscles, critical to swallowing in order to refine future radiation strategies in order to minimise collateral damage to these critical structures; 2) Improve health care management of post-radiotherapy patients via identification of markers that predict response to therapy; 3) Evaluate a therapy to improve swallow dysfunction

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2013

End Date: 01-01-2016

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $311,597.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Radiation Therapy

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

dysphagia | manometry | pharynx | radiotherapy | swallowing

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