Reduced feeding tube duration with intensity-modulated radiation therapy for head and neck cancer: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare Analysis
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- 作者：Beth M. Beadle ; Kai-Ping Liao ; Sharon H. Giordano ; Adam S. Garden ; Katherine A. Hutcheson ; Stephen Y. Lai and B. Ashleigh Guadagnolo
- 刊名：Cancer
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：January 15, 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：123
- 期：2
- 页码：283-293
- 全文大小：191K
- ISSN：1097-0142
文摘
Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is a technologically advanced and resource-intensive method of delivering radiation therapy (RT) and is used to minimize toxicity for patients with head and neck cancer (HNC). Dependence on feeding tubes is a significant marker of toxicity of RT. The objective of this analysis was to compare the placement and duration of feeding tube use among patients with HNC from 1999 through 2011.