Predictors of Weight Loss in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer Receiving Radiation or Concurrent Chemoradiation Treated at a Tertiary Cancer Center.

Prakash PanditRoshankumar PatilVijay PalweVenkata Ramesh YasamRajnish Nagarkar

Published in: Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (2020)

Analysis by logistic regression determined there is significant weight loss (>10%) in patients receiving radical RT as compared with adjuvant RT. Better outcomes were observed in patients receiving RT by IMRT-IGRT technique as compared with 3DCRT technique.

Keyphrases

weight loss
bariatric surgery
roux en y gastric bypass
locally advanced
gastric bypass
papillary thyroid
rectal cancer
early stage
glycemic control
squamous cell carcinoma
obese patients
squamous cell
radiation induced
radiation therapy
lymph node metastasis