Immunonutrition in head and neck cancer patients undergoing chemoradiotherapy: an alternative approach for overcoming potential bias

Affiliations

• ¹ From the Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Fondazione IRCCS (Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico) Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
• ² National Center of Oncological Hadrontherapy (Fondazione CNAO), Pavia, Italy.
• ³ Radiation Oncology Department, Fondazione IRCCS (Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico) Policlinico San Matteo, and the University of Pavia Italy, Pavia, Italy.
• ⁴ Cell Factory and Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS (Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico) Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
• ⁵ Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia, ASST (Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale) Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy.
• ⁶ Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS (Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico) Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
• ⁷ Internal Medicine Department, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.