Effectiveness of rehabilitation training on radiotherapy-related abnormalities of voice function in head and neck cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Mengqin Zhao; Jiaying Yao; Junhui Wang; Xinyi Shen; Tingting Liu; Limin Pu; Ying Li; Xiaomin Chen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0318577

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Effectiveness of rehabilitation training on radiotherapy-related abnormalities of voice function in head and neck cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Mengqin Zhao ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Mengqin Zhao, Jiaying Yao

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, School of Nursing, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0299-4172

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Jiaying Yao ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Mengqin Zhao, Jiaying Yao

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing, Data curation

Affiliation School of Nursing, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Junhui Wang,

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing, Data curation

Affiliation Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Xinyi Shen,

Roles Data curation, Software, Validation

Affiliation Tongxiang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Tingting Liu,

Roles Data curation, Software

Affiliation School of Nursing, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
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Limin Pu,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation School of Nursing, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Ying Li ,

Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing, Formal analysis

* E-mail: zryrxwk2020@163.com (YL); cxm73011@163.com (XC)

Affiliation Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Xiaomin Chen

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing, Data curation

* E-mail: zryrxwk2020@163.com (YL); cxm73011@163.com (XC)

Affiliation Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4283-4187

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Effectiveness of rehabilitation training on radiotherapy-related abnormalities of voice function in head and neck cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Mengqin Zhao,
Jiaying Yao,
Junhui Wang,
Xinyi Shen,
Tingting Liu,
Limin Pu,
Ying Li,
Xiaomin Chen

Published: March 10, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0318577

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