Early nutritional intervention in oropharyngeal cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 502-504

  Piquet, Marie Astrid ^a,b   Ozsahin, Mahmut ^a   Larpin, Isabelle ^a   Zouhair, Abderrahim ^a   Coti, Pauline ^a   Monney, May ^a   Monnier, Philippe ^a   Mirimanoff, René Olivier ^a   Roulet, Michel ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Gastrostomy; Head and neck cancer; Nutrition; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEHYDRATION; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION DISORDERS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RADIOTHERAPY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0036940883     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-002-0364-1     Document Type: Article

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