Enteral feeding methods for nutritional management in patients with head and neck cancers being treated with radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Nugent, Brenda ^a   Lewis, Sian ^b   O'Sullivan, Joe M ^c  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b VELINDRE CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERIC FEEDING; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70049094607     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007904     Document Type: Review

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