## Abstract ## Background. The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of weight loss on outcome in patients with head and neck cancer undergoing concomitant chemoradiotherapy (CCRT): treatment interruption, infections, mortality, and hospital readmission rate. ## Methods. Forty pat
Early nutritional intervention improves treatment tolerance and outcomes in head and neck cancer patients undergoing concurrent chemoradiotherapy
โ Scribed by Agostino Paccagnella; Michela Morello; Maria C. Da Mosto; Carla Baruffi; Maria L. Marcon; Alessandro Gava; Vittorio Baggio; Stefano Lamon; Roberta Babare; Giovanni Rosti; Marta Giometto; Paolo Boscolo-Rizzo; Edward Kiwanuka; Michele Tessarin; Lorenza Caregaro; Carlo Marchiori
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 177 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0941-4355
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