When is the optimal time for placing a gastrostomy in patients undergoing treatment for head and neck cancer?

Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-53

  Talwar, Bella ^a   Findlay, Merran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dysphagia; Gastrostomy; Head and neck cancer; Malnutrition; Nutritional status; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DYSPHAGIA; GASTROSTOMY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME;

DECISION MAKING; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; GASTROSTOMY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861825512     PISSN: 17514258     EISSN: 17514266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SPC.0b013e32834feafd     Document Type: Review

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