Influence of weight loss on outcomes in patients with head and neck cancer undergoing concomitant chemoradiotherapy

Head and Neck

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 503-508

  Capuano, Giorgio ^a   Grosso, Alessandra ^a   Gentile, Pier Carlo ^a   Battista, Michele ^a   Bianciardi, Federico ^a   Di Palma, Annamaria ^a   Pavese, Ida ^a   Satta, Francesco ^a   Tosti, Michela ^a   Palladino, Anna ^a   Coiro, Guido ^a   Di Palma, Mario ^a  

^a FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Hospital readmission; Morbidity; Mortality; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTERIC FEEDING; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; INFECTION; INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS; LARYNX CANCER; LOG RANK TEST; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; SALIVARY GLAND CANCER; SEPSIS; SIDE EFFECT; TONGUE CANCER; TONSIL CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CANDIDIASIS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT READMISSION; PREALBUMIN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 42549171804     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20737     Document Type: Article

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