Matched pair analysis to evaluate weight loss during radiation therapy for head and neck cancer as a prognostic factor for survival

BACKGROUND: One frequent consequence of radiation therapy (RT) for head and neck cancer (HNC) is weight loss (WL). HNC patients reportedly lose about 9% of their weight during treatment, regardless of pre-treatment WL and nutritional support. We investigated whether high WL during RT has an associat...

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Autores principales: Han, Hye Ri, Hermann, Gregory M., Ma, Sung Jun, Iovoli, Austin J., Wooten, Kimberly E., Arshad, Hassan, Gupta, Vishal, McSpadden, Ryan P., Kuriakose, Moni A., Markiewicz, Michael R., Chan, Jon M., Platek, Mary E., Ray, Andrew D., Gu, Fangyi, Hicks, Wesley L., Singh, Anurag K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AME Publishing Company 2021
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Original Article on Head and Neck Cancers - Disease Biology, Diagnostics, Prevention and Management
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8184423/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34164548
http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/atm-20-4969

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