12th “Jesús Culebras” Lesson. Feeding and nutrition in patients with head and neck cancer — a permanent challenge | Zendy

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12th “Jesús Culebras” Lesson. Feeding and nutrition in patients with head and neck cancer — a permanent challenge

Author(s) -

Pilar Peris

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

nutrición hospitalaria

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31

H-Index - 53

eISSN - 1699-5198

pISSN - 0212-1611

DOI - 10.20960/nh.03963

Subject(s) - medicine , head and neck , swallowing , disease , head and neck cancer , multidisciplinary team , population , cancer , humanities , radiation therapy , gynecology , gerontology , pediatrics , surgery , environmental health , nursing , philosophy

Head and neck cancer patients are a population at permanent nutritional risk. In addition to the presence of the tumour, the reason for this is the tumour's location, which affects all structures involved in the swallowing process. The side effects of the oncological treatments they must receive during the course of their illness-surgery, chemo-radiotherapy, etc.-only further burden an already precarious nutritional status. For all these reasons, it is essential that, from the diagnosis of their disease, a multidisciplinary team including specialists in dietetics and nutrition supervises them.

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