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Nutritional concepts in the management of the head and neck cancer patient. I. Basic concepts
Author(s) -
Sobol Steven M.,
Conoyer J. Michael,
Zill Roberta,
Thawley Stanley E.,
Ogura Joseph H.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-197905000-00017
Subject(s) - malnutrition , head and neck cancer , cachexia , medicine , head and neck , radiation therapy , intensive care medicine , cancer , malignancy , cancer cachexia , surgery
Proper nutritional management has assumed an increasingly important role in the care of cancer patients in recent years. Head and neck cancer creates disturbances in host nutritional balances. Profound nutritional depletion and cachexia are induced by local and distant effects of head and neck carcinoma. Radiation, chemotherapy and surgery tend to compromise the host further by compounding these nutritional deficits. This paper reviews the factors responsible for the malnutrition associated with head and neck malignancy, and discusses the current methods available for identifying and following the nutritionally depleted patient.