Malnutrition risk and frailty in head and neck cancer patients: coexistent but distinct conditions.
Priya DewansinghLinda BrasLies Ter BeekWim P KrijnenJan L N RoodenburgCees P van der SchansGyorgy Bela HalmosHarriet Jager-WittenaarPublished in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (2022)
Malnutrition risk and frailty frequently coexist but not fully overlap in newly diagnosed patients with HNC. Therefore, screening for both conditions is recommended.