title: Nutrition management of patients with malignancies of the head and neck.
abstract: The importance of nutrition and the prognostic impact of malnutrition in patients with head and neck cancer are not fully appreciated in the surgical world where a pervasive attitude exists that weight loss during treatment is inevitable and nutritional expertise or intervention may be dismissed out of ignorance. In this article, the authors explore the nutritional requirements of these patients and the impact of a multidisciplinary therapeutic approach to head, neck, and skull base cancer care.
authors.affiliation: Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA. Oneillj1@mskcc.org
authors.forename: James Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: O'Neill
authors.forename: Ashok R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Shaha
mesh_terms: D001835:Body Weight; D002100:Cachexia / Q000503:physiopathology; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell; D005774:Gastrostomy; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy; D018307:Neoplasms, Squamous Cell / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D018529:Nutritional Support; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy; D011788:Quality of Life; D000077195:Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck