Nutritional Management for Patients with Head and Neck Cancer: The Second Step of an Italian Survey. The Opinion of Italian Otolaryngologists
Received Date: Jan 13, 2016 / Accepted Date: Feb 10, 2016 / Published Date: Feb 16, 2016
Abstract
Backgrounds: The purpose of this study was to survey the opinion of Italian otolaryngologist about nutritional management in patients with head and neck tumors.
Materials and Methods: A survey of 10 questions was e-mailed to 100 Italian centers of Otolaryngology.
Results: A total of 27 surveys were filled in. Nutritional supplementation in preventive phase was used by 37% respondents. The majority of respondents (88.3%) stated to use percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) in a reactive phase. Nutritional counseling before starting treatment was performed “rarely” by 33.3% of respondents while “always” by 29.6% of respondents; however 85.2% of respondents stated that medical nutritionist assessment should represent a standard procedure before starting an oncologic treatment. Conclusions: Current practice about nutritional management for head and neck tumors is wide heterogeneous. Early or reactive approaches remain questionable, though otolaryngologists agree on the use of PEG in a reactive phase.
Keywords: Endoscopic Gastrostomy, Survey, Nutrition, Head and Neck Cancer
Citation: Trignani M, Laus M, Mastronardi V, Leone O, De Rosa M, et al. (2016) Nutritional Management for Patients with Head and Neck Cancer: The Second Step of an Italian Survey: The Opinion of Italian Otolaryngologists. Otolaryngol (Sunnyvale) 6:223. Doi: 10.4172/2161-119X.1000223
Copyright: © 2016 Trignani M, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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