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Weight Loss in Post-Chemoradiotherapy Head and Neck Cancer Patients

Background: Weight loss is well-known among head and neck (HNC) patients during radiotherapy and could continue after the treatment is completed. Weight monitoring is essential for treatment outcomes and cancer surveillance. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the weight loss during and post-tre...

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Autores principales: Abu Zaid, Zalina, Kay Neoh, May, Mat Daud, Zulfitri Azuan, Md Yusop, Nor Baizura, Ibrahim, Zuriati, Abdul Rahman, Zuwariah, Jamhuri, Norshariza, Abdul Azim, Aishah Zafirah
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8838700/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35276906
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14030548
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author Abu Zaid, Zalina
Kay Neoh, May
Mat Daud, Zulfitri Azuan
Md Yusop, Nor Baizura
Ibrahim, Zuriati
Abdul Rahman, Zuwariah
Jamhuri, Norshariza
Abdul Azim, Aishah Zafirah
author_facet Abu Zaid, Zalina
Kay Neoh, May
Mat Daud, Zulfitri Azuan
Md Yusop, Nor Baizura
Ibrahim, Zuriati
Abdul Rahman, Zuwariah
Jamhuri, Norshariza
Abdul Azim, Aishah Zafirah
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description Background: Weight loss is well-known among head and neck (HNC) patients during radiotherapy and could continue after the treatment is completed. Weight monitoring is essential for treatment outcomes and cancer surveillance. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the weight loss during and post-treatment among HNC patients. Methods: A total of 45 out of 50 patients post-treatment were included in this secondary treatment. Data were collected at baseline, at the completion of radiotherapy and one month after completion of radiotherapy. Results: The mean weight loss was 4.53 ± 2.87 kg (7.4%) during treatment and 1.38 ± 2.65 kg (2.1%) post-treatment. There were significant improvements one month after completion of radiotherapy in Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PGSGA), muscle mass, nutrition impact symptoms (NIS) score, energy and protein from oral intake (p < 0.0001). Energy and protein from oral nutritional supplements (ONS) decreased significantly (p < 0.0001). Conclusions: The results of this study underline the importance of early identification and monitoring post-treatment in HNC patients. The post-treatment recovery stage is very important for HNC patients to ensure a healing process.
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spelling pubmed-88387002022-02-13 Weight Loss in Post-Chemoradiotherapy Head and Neck Cancer Patients Abu Zaid, Zalina Kay Neoh, May Mat Daud, Zulfitri Azuan Md Yusop, Nor Baizura Ibrahim, Zuriati Abdul Rahman, Zuwariah Jamhuri, Norshariza Abdul Azim, Aishah Zafirah Nutrients Article Background: Weight loss is well-known among head and neck (HNC) patients during radiotherapy and could continue after the treatment is completed. Weight monitoring is essential for treatment outcomes and cancer surveillance. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the weight loss during and post-treatment among HNC patients. Methods: A total of 45 out of 50 patients post-treatment were included in this secondary treatment. Data were collected at baseline, at the completion of radiotherapy and one month after completion of radiotherapy. Results: The mean weight loss was 4.53 ± 2.87 kg (7.4%) during treatment and 1.38 ± 2.65 kg (2.1%) post-treatment. There were significant improvements one month after completion of radiotherapy in Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PGSGA), muscle mass, nutrition impact symptoms (NIS) score, energy and protein from oral intake (p < 0.0001). Energy and protein from oral nutritional supplements (ONS) decreased significantly (p < 0.0001). Conclusions: The results of this study underline the importance of early identification and monitoring post-treatment in HNC patients. The post-treatment recovery stage is very important for HNC patients to ensure a healing process. MDPI 2022-01-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8838700/ /pubmed/35276906 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14030548 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Abdul Rahman, Zuwariah
Jamhuri, Norshariza
Abdul Azim, Aishah Zafirah
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8838700/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14030548
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