Multidisciplinary survey on use of feeding tubes in head and neck cancer patients undergoing chemoradiotherapy in Germany-the SUFEETUBE project.
Anastassia LöserAlexander FabianAlexander RühleAlexander ThiemeAndrea BaehrLukas KäsmannInga ZwaanBirte KahleTamer SororAmeya KunteNiloufar SeyediMaxim KebenkoChristoph SeidelFriederike DierksLinda KrauseKarl-Ludwig BruchhageDirk RadesPublished in: Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] (2024)
The policies and methods of tube feeding vary considerably between the individual institutions and specialties in Germany. In the era of individualized medicine, uniform protocols are difficult to establish. However, a baseline nutritional risk screening could simplify decision-making in clinical practice.