A retrospective cohort study of reactive nasogastric tube feeding for head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy: Clinical and financial implications

Clin Otolaryngol. 2024 May;49(3):359-362. doi: 10.1111/coa.14149. Epub 2024 Feb 29.

Authors

Benjamin James Talks^{1

2}, Nola Lynch¹, Isobel Bowe¹, Charles Kelly^{1

2}, Muhammad Shahid Iqbal^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Northern Head and Neck Cancer Unit, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
² Newcastle University Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.

PMID: 38421130
DOI: 10.1111/coa.14149

No abstract available

Keywords: chemoradiotherapy; enteral nutrition; gastrointestinal intubation; head and neck neoplasms; malnutrition; radiotherapy.

MeSH terms

Chemoradiotherapy
Enteral Nutrition*
Gastrostomy
Head and Neck Neoplasms* / radiotherapy
Humans
Intubation, Gastrointestinal
Retrospective Studies