Long-Term Feeding Tube Use in Head and Neck Cancer Survivors—An Analysis of Patient- and Treatment-Related Factors
Galloway T, Pugh S, Ridge J, Nguyen-Tan P, Rosenthal D, Gillison M, Garden A, Dunlap N, Caudell J, Jones C, Bauman J, Bahig H, Shenouda G, Currey A, Koyfman S, Stokes W, Read N, Lyness J, Yom S, Le Q. Long-Term Feeding Tube Use in Head and Neck Cancer Survivors—An Analysis of Patient- and Treatment-Related Factors. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2025, 123: 703-712. PMID: 40473230, PMCID: PMC12396613, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2025.05.064.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntensity modulated radiation therapyOropharynx cancer patientsOropharynx cancerFeeding tube useTube useAccelerated fractionationTreatment initiationPredictive factorsFeeding tubeIntensity modulated radiation therapy techniquesTreated with 3DCRTSecondary analysis of patientsT4 tumor stageAnalysis of patientsTreatment related factorsPost hoc secondary analysisTreatment completionYears of smokingSecondary analysisChemoradiation trialsConcurrent chemotherapyMedian followupConcomitant boostConformal radiationRadiation therapy
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