Patient-reported outcomes in terms of swallowing and quality of life after prophylactic versus reactive percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement in advanced oropharyngeal cancer patients treated with definitive chemo-radiotherapy: Swall PEG study

Patient-reported outcomes in terms of swallowing and quality of life after prophylactic versus reactive percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement in advanced oropharyngeal cancer patients treated with definitive chemo-radiotherapy: Swall PEG study

Abstract Background Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is often used to provide nutritional support in locally advanced head and neck cancer patients undergoing multimodality treatment. However, there is little published data on the impact of prophylactic versus reactive PEG. PEG placement ma...

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Main Authors: Tatiana Dragan, André Van Gossum, Frederic Duprez, Yassine Lalami, Yolene Lefebvre, Sofiana Mootassim-Billah, Sylvie Beauvois, Akos Gulyban, Christophe Vandekerkhove, Petra Boegner, Marianne Paesmans, Lieveke Ameye, Antoine Digonnet, Marie Quiriny, Didier Dequanter, Samuel Lipski, Esther Willemse, Alejandra Rodriguez, Sebastien Carlot, Yasemin Karaca, Marc Lemort, Patrick Emonts, Clémence Al Wardi, Dirk Van Gestel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-12-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma
Head and neck cancer
Endoscopic gastrostomy
Radiotherapy
Patient-reported outcome
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06991-6

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06991-6

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