Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy versus nasogastric tube feeding for patients with head and neck cancer: a systematic review

There are two main enteral feeding strategies—namely nasogastric (NG) tube feeding and percutaneous gastrostomy—used to improve the nutritional status of patients with head and neck cancer (HNC). But up till now there has been no consistent evidence about which method of enteral feeding is the optim...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of radiation research 2014-05, Vol.55 (3), p.559-567
Hauptverfasser:	Wang, Jinfeng, Liu, Minjie, Liu, Chao, Ye, Yun, Huang, Guanhong
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cancer Cancer patients Care and treatment Causality Comorbidity Endoscopes Enteral Nutrition - mortality Feeding Female Food and nutrition Gastroscopy - mortality Gastrostomy - mortality Head and neck cancer Head and Neck Neoplasms - mortality Head and Neck Neoplasms - therapy Humans Intubation, Gastrointestinal - mortality Male Malnutrition - mortality Malnutrition - prevention & control Necks Oncology Patients Radiotherapy Risk Factors Searching Survival Survival Rate Treatment Outcome Tubes
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