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The surgical management and speech and swallowing rehabilitation of patients with advanced tongue cancer in South Africa

Leanie Engelbrecht, Anita Van der Merwe, Jan P Pretorius
Health SA Gesondheid | Vol 11, No 3 | a233 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/hsag.v11i3.233 | © 2006 Leanie Engelbrecht, Anita Van der Merwe, Jan P Pretorius | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 11 November 2006 | Published: 11 November 2006

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Leanie Engelbrecht, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Anita Van der Merwe, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Jan P Pretorius, University of Pretoria, South Africa

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Abstract

Advanced tongue cancer may have a devastating effect on a person’s ability to speak and to swallow. Very little is known about the surgical management and speech and swallowing rehabilitation of persons with advanced tongue cancer in South Africa.

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Gevorderde tongkanker het ‘n geweldige impak op ‘n persoon se vermoë om te praat en te sluk. Baie min inligting is bekend oor die chirurgiese behandeling en spraak- en slukrehabilitasie van persone met gevorderde tongkanker in Suid-Afrika.

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