Prospective study of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes versus nasogastric tubes for enteral feeding in patients with head and neck cancer undergoing (chemo)radiation

Head and Neck

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 867-876

  Corry, June ^a,b   Poon, Wendy ^a   McPhee, Narelle ^a   Milner, Alvin D ^a   Cruickshank, Deborah ^a   Porceddu, Sandro V ^a,c   Rischin, Danny ^a,b   Peters, Lester J ^a,b  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemoradiation; Head and neck cancer; Nasogastric tube; Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; TIRAPAZAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CHEST INFECTION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DYSPHAGIA; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF EVALUATION; STOMACH TUBE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSCOPY; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650502408     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21044     Document Type: Article

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