Evaluating predictive factors for determining enteral nutrition in patients receiving radical radiotherapy for head and neck cancer: A retrospective review

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 152-158

  Mangar, Stephen ^a,b   Slevin, Nicholas ^a   Mais, Kathleen ^a   Sykes, Andrew ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Nutrition; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

BODY MASS; CANCER STAGING; ENTERIC FEEDING; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SMOKING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33644761973     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2005.12.014     Document Type: Article

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