Dentition, nutritional status and adequacy of dietary intake in treatment naïve head and neck cancer patients

Dentition, nutritional status and adequacy of dietary intake in treatment naïve head and neck cancer patients

Objectives: To examine the relationship of reduced numbers of occluding teeth and dietary intake (DI), nutrition impact symptoms (NIS), and weight loss (WL) in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients. Methods: As a part of the standard of care, treatment-naïve HNC patients (n = 104) completed dental eva...

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Main Authors: Catherine Kubrak, Arazam Farhangfar, Matthew Woynorowski, Naresh Jha, William Preshing, Vickie Baracos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-03-01
Series:Heliyon
Subjects:
Diet
Oral medicine
Oncology
Nutrition
Head and neck cancer
Dietary intake
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240584402030462X

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