Knowledge Dissemination

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles

  1. Barbon, CEA, Peterson, C, Moreno, AC, Lai, SY, Reddy, J, Sahli, A, Martino, R, Johnson, FM, Fuller, CD, Hutcheson, KA. Eat and Exercise during radiotherapy for oropharyngeal cancer: A prospective study of “Use it or lose it” for prevention and mitigation of radiation associated dysphagia. JAMA Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery. Accepted.
  2. Manduchi, B, Che, V, Fitch M, Ringash J, Howell D, Martino R. Psychometric Properties of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Dysphagia in Head and Neck Cancer: A Systematic Review Protocol using COSMIN Methodology. Sys Rev, BMC. Accepted.
  3. Martino R, Fitch MI, Fuller CD, Hope A, Krisciunas, G, Langmore SE, Lazarus C, Macdonald CL, McCulloch T, Mills G, Palma DA, Pytynia K, Ringhash, Sultanem K, Theurer J , Thorpe KE, Hutcheson K. The PRO-ACTIVE trial protocol: a randomized study comparing the effectiveness of PROphylACTic swallow InterVEntion for patients receiving radiotherapy for head and neck cancer. BMC Cancer. 2021; 21(1): 1100. doi: 10.1186/s12885-021-08826-0. Click here for article
  4. Hutcheson, K, Gomes, A, Rodriguez, V, Barringer, D; Khan, M, Martino, R. EAT RT: A structured therapy model to facilitate continued oral intake through head and neck radiotherapy – User Acceptance and Content Validation. Head and Neck. 2020 Sep;42(9):2390-2396. doi: 10.1002/hed.26250. Click here for article

Abstracts

  1. Manduchi B, Che V, Fitch M, Ringash J, Howell D, Martino R. Psychometric Properties of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Dysphagia in Head and Neck Cancer: A Scoping Review. Dysphagia. In press.
  2. Khan M, Manduchi B, Rodriguez V, Fitch M, Hutcheson K, Martino R. Exploring Patient Experiences with A Telehealth Approach for the PRO-ACTIVE trial Intervention in Head and Neck Cancer Patients. Dysphagia. In press.
  3. Hutcheson, KA; Gomes, A: Rodriguez, V; Barringer, D; Martino, R EAT: A structured therapy model to facilitate continued oral intake through head and neck radiotherapy – User Acceptance and Content Validation. Dysphagia 2019; 34: 944–1018

NON-PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

  1. Carrier, G, Rodriguez, V, Martino, R. Dysphagia assessment and treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons learned from the transition to tele-practice. Speech-Language & Audiology Canada (SAC) Communiqué. Available from: https://blog.sac-oac.ca/dysphagia-assessment-and-treatment-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-lessons-learned-from-the-transition-to-telepractice/ 

PRESENTATIONS AND SPECIAL LECTURES

Invited Lectures and Presentations

2019 Oct         PRO-ACTIVE Study: Overview and Up-Date. SPOONS, Toronto, ON

2019 Sep         Proactive or Reactive: What is the best treatment for dysphagia in patients with head and neck cancer? ENT Grand Rounds, Toronto, ON

2019 May        PRO-ACTIVE: Early Dysphagia Intervention Before and/or During Radiotherapy for HNC. Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Wharton Day, Toronto, ON

Refereed Scientific Paper Presentations

2022 Jun Using TIDieR to standardize and monitor swallowing therapy fidelity in the multi-site PRO-ACTIVE clinical trial for dysphagia in head and neck cancer. Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC). Toronto, Canada. Presenters: Hutcheson, KA, Martino R.

2022 Mar Content validity of dysphagia-related patient-reported outcome measures for head and neck cancer: a systematic review using COSMIN methodology. Dysphagia Research Society (DRS) Annual meeting. Virtual, USA. Presenters: Manduchi B, Che V, Fitch M, Ringash J, Howell D, White J, Martino R

2021 Nov Tidying up EAT: Using TIDieR to standardize a new behavioural treatment for patients with HNC. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Annual Convention. Washington, DC, USA. Presenters: Martino R, Rodriguez V, Gomes A, Barringer D, Hutcheson KA.

2019 Nov         The Development of a Standardized Videofluoroscopic Swallow Study Barium Mixing Protocol: A Consensus-based Approach. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL, USA. Presenters: Rodriguez V, Greco E, Theurer J, Dreyer C, Durkin L, Gillis D, Hawkins S, Hellen S, Khan M, Mills G, Thouless K, Hutcheson K, Martino R.

2019 Mar        EAT: A structured therapy model to facilitate continued oral intake through head and neck radiotherapy – User Acceptance and Content Validation. Dysphagia Research Society (DRS) Annual Meeting, San Deigo, CA, USA. Presenter(s): Hutcheson, KA; Gomes, A: Rodriguez, V; Barringer, D; Martino, R.

Refereed Scientific Poster Presentations

2022 Jun Facilitators and barriers to implementation of swallowing therapies
for Head and Neck Cancer patients: preliminary results from a qualitative study. Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC). Toronto, Canada. Presenters: Manduchi, B, Fitch, M, Ringash, J, Howell, D, Martino, R.

2022 Jun Exploring Patient Experiences with a TeleHealth Behavioural Swallowing Intervention for the PRO-ACTIVE Trial in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer . Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC). Toronto, Canada. Presenters: Martino R, Khan MM. Manduchi B, Rodriguez V, Fitch MI, Barbon CEA, McMillan H, Hutcheson, KA.

2021 Mar        Exploring Patient experience with a Telehealth Approach for the PRO-ACTIVE Trial Intervention in Head and Neck Cancer Patients. Dysphagia Research Society (DRS) Annual meeting (Virtual) Presenters: Khan, MM., Manduchi, B, Rodriguez, V, Fitch, MI, Hutcheson, K, Martino, R

2021 Jan          Establishing a ‘trigger’ to signal dysphagia in patients with head and neck cancer receiving radiotherapy as a primary treatment: A qualitative study. British Academic Conference in Otolaryngology (BACO) annual meetings. Presenters: Martino, R, Fitch, M, Macdonald, C, McCulloch, Hutcheson, K.

2021 Jan          EAT: Development, content validation and acceptance of a structured therapy model to facilitate continued oral intake through head and neck radiotherapy” British Academic Conference in Otolaryngology (BACO) meeting. Presenters: Martino, R, Fitch, M, Macdonald, C, McCulloch, Hutcheson, K.

2019 Jun         Engaging stakeholders to identify relevant outcomes for dysphagia intervention, MASCC/ISOO Annual Meeting on Supportive Care in Cancer. San Francisco, CA, USA. Presenters: Fitch MI, Macdonald C, Hutcheson KA, McCulloch TM, Martino R.

2019 May        Engaging stakeholders to identify relevant outcomes for dysphagia intervention, Annual American Head & Neck Society (AHNS) meeting. Austin, TX, USA. Presenters: Fitch MI, Macdonald C, Hutcheson KA, McCulloch TM, Martino R.