BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: To identify objective pre-treatment clinical parameters that
could be used to predict for patients at high risk of requiring enteral tube feeding prior to …

Combination chemoradiation is the gold standard of management for locally advanced
squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck. One of the most significant advantages of …

Background Radiotherapy is an effective treatment for head and neck cancers but patients
often experience side effects which lead to weight loss. Nutrition intervention in the form of …

Background Head and neck cancer patients being treated with radiotherapy are at an
increased risk of malnutrition due to the severe side‐effects, eg mucositis, odynophagia and …

PURPOSE: The optimal method for providing enteral nutrition to patients with head-and-
neck cancer is unclear. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the safety and …

This comparison of tube feeding with oral nutrition was made inpatients with advanced head
and neck cancer during intensive outpatient radiation therapy. Twenty-six patients with …

Background & aims Enteral feeding is commonly required during radiotherapy treatment for
head and neck cancer. Only limited qualitative research into head and neck cancer patients' …

Results: The H-IMRT cohort had higher proportions of patients with definitive
chemoradiotherapy (P= 0.032) and more advanced N stage (P< 0.001). Nutrition outcomes …

Background Patients undergoing radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy treatment for head and
neck cancer have an increased risk of malnutrition, and may require enteral feeding via …

The present review aimed to define the role of nutritional interventions in the prevention and
treatment of malnutrition in HNC patients undergoing CRT as well as their impact on CRT …