title: Nutritional support in treatment of oral carcinomas.
abstract: Two young adults, one lean and one obese, with squamous cell carcinomas of the oral cavity received aggressive antitumor therapies with comprehensive nutritional support in an effort to minimize the secondary malnutrition that often accompanies cancer treatments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Dwyer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Efstathion
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Papas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D003729:Dental Care; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D009752:Nutritional Status; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*