Cancer treatment and nutritional status of head and neck cancer
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Nutritional status, nutritional assessment, head and neck cancer, head and neck neoplasia.Abstract
Introduction: malnutrition is a negative factor in the management of patients with cancer. Objective: to evaluate the influence of cancer treatment on the evolution of the nutritional status of the patient diagnosed with head and neck cancer. Methods: descriptive, longitudinal, prospective and correlational study. Sample of 36 patients, using a convenience non-probabilistic technique. An instrument with demographic, clinical, anthropometric variables, presence of complications and feeding route was used; Descriptive statistics were applied with mean, standard deviation, frequencies and percentage. Fisher's technique was used as inferential statistics, with significance of p <0,05. Results: There were 36 patients. Of which 19 (52,7%) were male. There is no significant correlation between BMI and cancer treatment, p = 0,074; nor between BMI and food route, p = 0,796. There is no significant correlation between serum albumin and complications during cancer treatment, p = 0,278; and complications after cancer treatment, p = 0,877. Discussion: In the data of Varila et al., the oral route is obtained as the predominant route of feeding, to a lesser extent the tube. According to Huata Vilca, there is some degree of correlation between serum albumin and the appearance of some postoperative complication; these results are in sigmoid volvulus. Conclusions: There is no significant correlation between BMI and cancer treatment, nor between BMI and diet. There is no significant correlation between serum albumin with complications during and after cancer treatment.
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