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Prophylactic gastrostomy in locally advanced head and neck cancer: results of a national survey among radiation oncologists

BACKGROUND: Nutritional complications in patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer (LA-HNC) treated by concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) often lead to placement of a prophylactic gastrostomy (PG) tube, while indication lacks harmonization. Our aim was to explore the current PG tube utili...

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Autores principales: Dragan, Tatiana, Duprez, Fréderic, Van Gossum, André, Gulyban, Akos, Beauvois, Sylvie, Digonnet, Antoine, Lalami, Yassine, Van Gestel, Dirk
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8171041/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34078309
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-021-08348-9