Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeding of locally advanced oro-pharygo-laryngeal cancer patients

Dysphagia is present in 5 –57% of patients at the time of head and neck cancer [HNC] diagnosis [1,2], more than half of whom have experienced major weight loss, as a consequence not only of tumor-associated catabolism [3], but also due to tumor size and location itself, and functional limitations in chewing and swallowing [2,4–7].

Source: Oral Oncology - October 9, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Pyrros Papakostas, Georgia Tsaousi, George Stavrou, Dimitrios Rachovitsas, Gavriil Tsiropoulos, Constantina Rova, Ioannis Konstantinidis, Antonios Michalopoulos, Vasilios Grosomanidis, Katerina Kotzampassi Source Type: research