Certain factors may help predict which patients treated for head and neck cancer will require long-term gastrostomy tube use, according to study results.Age, primary tumor size and smoking history ...

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tubes are used to provide head and neck cancer patients nutrition; however, there is no consensus as to the most appropriate time to place a PEG tube. Our ...

Background: Many patients with advanced head and neck cancer become unable to obtain enough nutrition and hydration orally, leading to considerable weight loss and compromised clinical outcomes. PEG ...

Impact of early percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement on nutritional status and hospitalization in patients with head and neck cancer receiving definitive chemoradiation therapy. Head ...

A gastrostomy tube, or “G-tube,” provides access for long-term enteral nutrition in patients who are unable to eat. Gastrostomy tubes may be required in patients with cancer, stroke, traumatic ...

Impact of Current Smoking and Alcohol Consumption on Gastrostomy Duration in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer Undergoing Definitive Chemoradiotherapy. JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery ...

Low-Dose Radiation Okay in Some HPV-positive Head and Neck Cancers. ... strictures, and long-term percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes," he told Medscape Medical News.

Oncologists treating patients with head and neck cancer are taking a proactive approach when it comes to home enteral nutrition support, a new study suggests. The study of 172 patients with ...

Doctors often use a combination of chemotherapy and radiotherapy to treat a type of head and neck cancer called squamous cell cancer. This is called chemoradiation. It can cause problems with ...

For example, with cancer of the head and neck or cancer of the food pipe (oesophagus). A gastrostomy is inserted in different ways: during an endoscopy – this is a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy ...