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Nutritional support during radiotherapy for head and neck cancer: the role of prophylactic feeding tube placement.

โœ Scribed by Cady, Jormain (author)

Book ID
120039657
Publisher
Oncology Nursing Society
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
235 KB
Volume
11
Category
Article
ISSN
1538-067X

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## Purpose: To evaluate feeding tube use. ## Materials and methods: Nine hundred thirty-four patients were treated with radiotherapy (rt). ## Results: Feeding tubes were placed in 235 patients (25%): 212 patients (22.5%) for acute toxicity, 18 patients (2%) for late effects, and 5 patients (0.5