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Age most significant predictor of requiring enteral feeding in head-and-neck cancer patients

BACKGROUND: A significant number of patients treated for head and neck squamous cell cancer (HNSCC) undergo enteral tube feeding. Data suggest that avoiding enteral feeding can prevent long-term tube dependence and disuse of the swallowing mechanism which has been linked to complications such as pro...

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Autores principales: Sachdev, Sean, Refaat, Tamer, Bacchus, Ian D, Sathiaseelan, Vythialinga, Mittal, Bharat B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4404131/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25896830
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13014-015-0408-6

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