ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2012
Nutritional surveillance and weight loss in head and neck cancer patients.
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- Docetaxel plus cetuximab biweekly is an active regimen for the first-line treatment of patients with recurrent/metastatic head and neck cancer.Scientific reports · 2016Trial
- Weight and body mass index in relation to irradiated volume and to overall survival in patients with oropharyngeal cancer: a retrospective cohort study.Radiation oncology (London, England) · 2014Trial
- Weight loss in patients with head and neck cancer during and after conventional and accelerated radiotherapy.Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) · 2013Trial
- Predicting disease progression from the rate of bodyweight change in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patient during radiotherapy.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Weight censorial score: estimation of the weight loss during concurrent chemo-radiotherapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients by image features predicts prognosis.La Radiologia medica · 2025Article
- Nutritional status and body composition of patients with head and neck cancer treated with perioperative evidence-based nutritional management.Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition · 2024Article
- Acute Diabetes-Related Complications in Patients Receiving Chemoradiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2024Article
- Efficacy of Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) Containing Protein Supplement in Preventing Weight Loss in Head and Neck Cancer Patients Undergoing Curative Radiotherapy: Retrospective Observations with Historical Controls.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2024Article
- Mapping the impact of malnutrition as defined by the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition and nutrition impact symptoms on the possibility of returning to work after treatment for head and neck cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Article
- Primary radiation therapy for advanced-stage laryngeal cancer: A laryngo-esophageal dysfunction disease-free survival.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2022Article
- THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM (MDT) IN THE TREATMENT OF HEAD AND NECK CANCER - A SINGLE-INSTITUTION EXPERIENCE.Acta clinica Croatica · 2022Review
- Utility of prognostic nutritional index and systemic immune-inflammation index in oral cancer treatment.BMC cancer · 2022Article
- Perspectives of lipid metabolism reprogramming in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: An overview.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Review
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- Early versus conventional nutritional intervention in head and neck cancer patients before radiotherapy: benefits of a fast-track circuit.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2021Article
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- Nutritional Issues in Head and Neck Cancer Patients.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Can Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis and BMI be a Prognostic Tool in Head and Neck Cancer Patients? A Review of the Evidence.Cancers · 2020Review
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Abstract
purposeThis retrospective single-institution cohort study aims to evaluate if therapeutic approach, tumour site, tumour stage, BMI, gender, age and civil status predict body weight loss and to establish the association between weight loss on postoperative infections and mortality.
methodsConsecutive patients with head and neck cancer were seen for nutritional control at a nurse-led outpatient clinic and followed-up for 2 years after radiotherapy. Demographic, disease-specific and nutrition data were collected from case records. The primary outcome measure was maximum body weight loss during the whole study period.
resultsThe nadir of body weight loss was observed 6 months after radiotherapy. In total, 92 patients of 157 (59%) with no evidence of residual tumour after treatment received enteral nutrition. The mean maximum weight loss for patients receiving enteral nutrition and per oral feeding was 13% and 6%, respectively (p < 0.001). Using multivariate analysis, tumour stage (p < 0.001) was the only independent factor of maximum weight loss. Weight loss was not significantly related to risk for postoperative infection.
conclusionsWeight loss is frequently noted among head and neck cancer patients during and after treatment. Weight loss was not found to be associated with postoperative infections and mortality. Nutritional surveillance is important in all patients, but special attention should be given to those on enteral nutrition and those with more advanced disease.
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