Dysphagia in head and neck cancer patients treated with radiotherapy and systemic therapies: Literature review and consensus

Highlights • Six clusters of statements had consensus from a multidisciplinary international expert panel on the management of dysphagia in head and neck cancer patients (HNCPs). • Before chemo-radiotherapy: general statements and risk factors. • During chemo-radiotherapy: statements about diagnosis of swallowing dysfunction of HNCPs. • Statements about the radiotherapic precautions to be adopted in order to reduce their risk of radio-induced dysphagia in HNCPs. • Statements about preventative and therapeutic exercises to be adopted.