title: [Nutrition in patients with head and neck cancer].
abstract: Nutrition in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer. Malnutrition is common in patients with head and neck cancer. Due to natural course of disease or therapy, malnutrition may increase. This leads to a reduced prognosis, quality of life, and should be considered in early stages of the disease. First choice is an enteral feeding via a nasogastral feeding tube or a PEG. In special cases a parenteral nutrition may be necessary.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik und Poliklinik für HNO-Heilkunde, Universität Mainz. stripf@hno.klinik.uni-mainz.de
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stripf
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Lippert
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D005526:Food, Formulated; D005773:Gastroscopy; D005774:Gastrostomy; D006801:Humans; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D009753:Nutritive Value; D010039:Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy*; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000628:therapy*