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The nutritional assessment of head and neck cancer patients.
Magnano, Mauro; Mola, Patrizia; Machetta, Giacomo; Maffeis, Paola; Forestiero, Ilenia; Cavagna, Roberta; Artino, Elena; Boffano, Paolo.
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  • Magnano M; Division of Otolaryngology, Pinerolo and Rivoli Hospitals, ASL TO3, Pinerolo, Italy.
  • Mola P; Division of Otolaryngology, Pinerolo and Rivoli Hospitals, ASL TO3, Pinerolo, Italy.
  • Machetta G; Division of Otolaryngology, Pinerolo and Rivoli Hospitals, ASL TO3, Pinerolo, Italy.
  • Maffeis P; Service of Dietology, Pinerolo and Rivoli Hospitals, ASL TO3, Pinerolo, Italy.
  • Forestiero I; Service of Dietology, Pinerolo and Rivoli Hospitals, ASL TO3, Pinerolo, Italy.
  • Cavagna R; Service of Dietology, Pinerolo and Rivoli Hospitals, ASL TO3, Pinerolo, Italy.
  • Artino E; Service of Dietology, Pinerolo and Rivoli Hospitals, ASL TO3, Pinerolo, Italy.
  • Boffano P; Private practice, Turin, Italy. paolo.boffano@gmail.com.
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol ; 272(12): 3793-9, 2015 Dec.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25534287
Patients affected by head and neck cancer are particularly at risk for nutritional depletion. The aim of this study was to evaluate the nutritional status of patients affected by head and neck cancer at diagnosis. All adult patients with head and neck cancer between January 2009 and December 2013 were included. The following data were recorded: demographics, tobacco and/or alcohol consumption, weight, height, the reference weight 6 months before the diagnosis, tumor site, tumor stage, and laboratory data. Then, Body mass index (BMI), and Buzby nutrition risk index (NRI) were calculated. Statistical analysis was used to search for associations among multiple variables. 122 men and 22 women were enrolled. As for reference BMI, 77 patients were overweight, whereas just 7 subjects were underweight. At diagnosis, 72 subjects were overweight according to BMI, whereas 52 patients were underweight. Instead, according to NRI, 96 patients were severely malnourished, 42 patients were moderately malnourished, whereas just 6 patients had a normal value of NRI. The assessment of nutrition by BMI excluded from a thorough consideration all overweight and obese patients with head and neck cancer. Instead, NRI correctly identified both undernourished and overweight/obese patients as "malnourished" subjects.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Evaluación Nutricional / Neoplasias de Cabeza y Cuello Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol Asunto de la revista: OTORRINOLARINGOLOGIA Año: 2015 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Italia Pais de publicación: Alemania
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Evaluación Nutricional / Neoplasias de Cabeza y Cuello Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol Asunto de la revista: OTORRINOLARINGOLOGIA Año: 2015 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Italia Pais de publicación: Alemania