Prophylactic gastrostomy tubes in patients undergoing intensive irradiation for cancer of the head and neck

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 871-875

  Lee, Jason H ^a   Machtay, Mitchell ^a,b   Unger, Lisa D ^a   Weinstein, Gregory S ^a   Weber, Randal S ^a   Chalian, Ara A ^a   Rosenthal, David I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Department of Radiation Oncology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PROPHYLAXIS; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0031870978     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.124.8.871     Document Type: Article

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