Quality of life related to swallowing after tongue cancer treatment.

The surgical treatment of tongue cancer, with or without reconstruction and/or radiotherapy, leads to different levels of voice, speech, and deglutition disorders. Evaluating the quality of life related to these swallowing alterations is important to further our knowledge about the impact of such alterations from the patient's point of view. Our objective was to describe the quality of life related to swallowing in patients treated for tongue cancer, using specific questionnaires.