A European survey on the practice of nutritional interventions in head-neck cancer patients undergoing curative treatment with radio(chemo)therapy

xlomafota13 shared this article with you from Inoreader A European survey on the practice of nutritional interventions in head-neck cancer patients undergoing curative treatment with radio(chemo)therapy Via http://link.springer.com/journal/405,European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology,The European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2021 Jun 19. doi: 10.1007/s00405-021-06920-4. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT PURPOSE: As the practice of nutritional support in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) during curative radio(chemo)therapy is quite heterogeneous, we carried out a survey among European specialists. METHODS: A 19-item questionnaire was drawn up and disseminated via the web by European scientific societies involved in HNC and nutrition. RESULTS: Among 220 responses, the first choice was always for the enteral route; naso-enteral tube feeding was preferred to gastrostomy in the short term, while the opposite for period longer than 1 month. Indications were not solely related to the patient's nutritional status, but also to the potential burden of the therapy. CONCLUSION: European HNC specialists contextualize the use of the nutritional support in a comprehensive plan of therapy. There is still uncertainty relati ng to the role of naso-enteral feeding versus gastrostomy feeding in patients requiring < 1 month nutritional support, an issue that should be further investigated. PMID:34146151 | DOI:10.1007/s00405-021-06920-4 View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.