# OnCo record dysphagia (term). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/terms/dysphagia/>
  a schema:DefinedTerm ;
  onco:kind "term" ;
  schema:identifier "dysphagia" ;
  schema:name "Dysphagia (difficulty swallowing)"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "swallowing difficulty"@en, "difficulty swallowing"@en, "swallowing function"@en, "odynophagia"@en, "aspiration pneumonia"@en, "speech and swallowing"@en, "swallowing therapy"@en, "dysphagia-optimised"@en, "DARS"@en, "feeding tube dependence"@en, "tube dependence"@en, "oesophageal obstruction"@en, "esophageal obstruction"@en ;
  schema:description "Trouble swallowing, either because a tumour narrows the food pipe or throat, or because radiotherapy and surgery to the head, neck or chest have damaged the muscles and nerves that coordinate swallowing. It affects nutrition, dignity and the risk of food going into the lungs."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/terms/dysphagia/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-09"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:sameAs <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysphagia> ;
  schema:citation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysphagia> ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/terms/feeding-tube/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/biliary-stent/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/oesophagectomy/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/mucositis/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/late-effects/> ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/esophageal/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/head-and-neck/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/supportive-care/> .