Association between nutritional risk index and outcomes for head and neck cancer patients receiving concurrent chemo‐radiotherapy

Background Patients receiving chemoradiotherapy for head and neck cancer (HNC) are often malnourished. We assessed the utility of nutritional risk index (NRI) in HNC patients undergoing chemoradiotherapy. Methods A population‐based retrospective review of HNC patients treated with curative chemoradi...

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Published in:Head & neck 2020-09, Vol.42 (9), p.2560-2570
Main Authors: Oh, Justin, Liu, Alvin, Tran, Eric, Berthelet, Eric, Wu, Jonn, Olson, Robert A., Chau, Nicole, Bowman, Angie, Hamilton, Sarah N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
chemoradiation
Chemoradiotherapy
Demography
Head & neck cancer
head and neck cancer
Multivariate analysis
nutrition
oncology
radiation
Radiation therapy
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Summary:Background Patients receiving chemoradiotherapy for head and neck cancer (HNC) are often malnourished. We assessed the utility of nutritional risk index (NRI) in HNC patients undergoing chemoradiotherapy. Methods A population‐based retrospective review of HNC patients treated with curative chemoradiation was performed. Demographics, anthropometrics, overall survival (OS), and the composite treatment complication rate (G‐tube dependence, radiation incompletion, 90‐day mortality, and unplanned hospitalization) were collected. Results Two hundred ninety‐two patients were identified. Average pretreatment and posttreatment NRI were 110 (SD 3) and 99 (SD 12), respectively (P 
ISSN:1043-3074
1097-0347
DOI:10.1002/hed.26315