Nutrition Support for Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients Treated with Chemoradiotherapy: How Often and How Long?

Background. Oral intake of many patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer (LAHNC) decrease during chemoradiotherapy (CRT). Although prophylactic percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is recommended, not a few patients complete CRT without using PEG tube. Patients and Methods. The subje...

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Main Authors: Ishiki, Hiroto, Onozawa, Yusuke, Kojima, Takashi, Hironaka, Shuichi, Fukutomi, Akira, Yasui, Hirofumi, Yamazaki, Kentaro, Taku, Keisei, Machida, Nozomu, Boku, Narikazu, Hashimoto, Takayuki, Nishimura, Tetsuo
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: International Scholarly Research Network 2012
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Clinical Study
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3302119/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22518330
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2012/274739
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