Protein calorie malnutrition, nutritional intervention and personalized cancer care

A Gangadharan, SE Choi, A Hassan, NM Ayoub… - …, 2017 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cancer patients often experience weight loss caused by protein calorie malnutrition (PCM)
during the course of the disease or treatment. PCM is expressed as severe if the patient has …

Head and neck cancers, version 2.2020, NCCN clinical practice guidelines in oncology

DG Pfister, S Spencer, D Adelstein, D Adkins… - Journal of the National …, 2020 - jnccn.org
Treatment is complex for patients with head and neck (H&N) cancers with specific site of
disease, stage, and pathologic findings guiding treatment decision-making. Treatment …

Technical guidelines for head and neck cancer IMRT on behalf of the Italian association of radiation oncology-head and neck working group

A Merlotti, D Alterio, R Vigna-Taglianti, A Muraglia… - Radiation …, 2014 - Springer
Performing intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) on head and neck cancer patients
(HNCPs) requires robust training and experience. Thus, in 2011, the Head and Neck Cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Management of oral and gastrointestinal mucosal injury: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up

DE Peterson, CB Boers-Doets, RJ Bensadoun… - Annals of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Oral and gastrointestinal mucositis caused by high-dose chemotherapy and/or radiation
continues to be an important clinical problem. Fortunately, there have been strategic …

Locally advanced head and neck cancer treated with accelerated radiotherapy, the hypoxic modifier nimorazole and weekly cisplatin. Results from the DAHANCA 18 …

J Bentzen, K Toustrup, JG Eriksen, H Primdahl… - Acta …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Purpose/Objective. A phase II clinical trial evaluating the feasibility and outcome of
treating locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) with …

Comparative analysis of acute toxicities and patient reported outcomes between intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT) and volumetric modulated arc therapy …

GS Manzar, SC Lester, DM Routman… - Radiotherapy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background and purpose IMPT improves normal tissue sparing compared to VMAT in
treating oropharyngeal cancer (OPC). Our aim was to assess if this translates into clinical …

Ketogenic diet with concurrent chemoradiation in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: preclinical and phase 1 trial results

DC Ma, CM Anderson, SN Rodman… - Radiation …, 2021 - meridian.allenpress.com
Ketogenic diets (KD) are high in fat and low in carbohydrates, forcing cells to utilize
mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation for energy production. Since cancer cells demonstrate …

Prediction of critical weight loss during radiation treatment in head and neck cancer patients is dependent on BMI

S Lønbro, GB Petersen, JR Andersen… - Supportive Care in …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose The aims of the present study were to explore pre-treatment predictors of weight
loss during radiation treatment only in head and neck cancer (HNSCC) patients and …

The effect of prophylactic percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement on swallowing and swallow-related outcomes in patients undergoing …

SM Shaw, H Flowers, B O'Sullivan, A Hope, LWC Liu… - Dysphagia, 2015 - Springer
Patients undergoing radiotherapy for head and neck cancer (HNC) often experience
malnutrition and dehydration during treatment. As a result, some centres place PEG tubes …

Prophylactic versus reactive PEG tube placement in head and neck cancer

S Kramer, M Newcomb, J Hessler… - … –Head and Neck …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective To understand the impact of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube
placement timing on tube duration, weight loss, and disease control in patients with head …