Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeding of locally advanced oro-pharygo-laryngeal cancer patients

Dysphagia is present in 5–57% of patients at the time of head and neck cancer [HNC] diagnosis [1,2], more than half of whom have experienced major weight loss, as a consequence not only of tumor-associated catabolism [3], but also due to tumor size and location itself, and functional limitations in chewing and swallowing [2,4–7].

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