caa a22 4500 606184333 CHVBK 20210128100825.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00405-014-3462-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00405-014-3462-z The nutritional assessment of head and neck cancer patients [Elektronische Daten] [Mauro Magnano, Patrizia Mola, Giacomo Machetta, Paola Maffeis, Ilenia Forestiero, Roberta Cavagna, Elena Artino, Paolo Boffano] 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 6months 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. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014 Malnutrition nationallicence Undernourishment nationallicence Head and neck nationallicence Cancer nationallicence Assessment nationallicence Magnano Mauro Division of Otolaryngology, Pinerolo and Rivoli Hospitals, ASL TO3, Pinerolo, Italy aut Mola Patrizia Division of Otolaryngology, Pinerolo and Rivoli Hospitals, ASL TO3, Pinerolo, Italy aut Machetta Giacomo Division of Otolaryngology, Pinerolo and Rivoli Hospitals, ASL TO3, Pinerolo, Italy aut Maffeis Paola Service of Dietology, Pinerolo and Rivoli Hospitals, ASL TO3, Pinerolo, Italy aut Forestiero Ilenia Service of Dietology, Pinerolo and Rivoli Hospitals, ASL TO3, Pinerolo, Italy aut Cavagna Roberta Service of Dietology, Pinerolo and Rivoli Hospitals, ASL TO3, Pinerolo, Italy aut Artino Elena Service of Dietology, Pinerolo and Rivoli Hospitals, ASL TO3, Pinerolo, Italy aut Boffano Paolo Private practice, Turin, Italy aut European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Springer Berlin Heidelberg 272/12(2015-12-01), 3793-3799 0937-4477 272:12<3793 2015 272 405 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-014-3462-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-014-3462-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Magnano Mauro Division of Otolaryngology, Pinerolo and Rivoli Hospitals, ASL TO3, Pinerolo, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mola Patrizia Division of Otolaryngology, Pinerolo and Rivoli Hospitals, ASL TO3, Pinerolo, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Machetta Giacomo Division of Otolaryngology, Pinerolo and Rivoli Hospitals, ASL TO3, Pinerolo, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Maffeis Paola Service of Dietology, Pinerolo and Rivoli Hospitals, ASL TO3, Pinerolo, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Forestiero Ilenia Service of Dietology, Pinerolo and Rivoli Hospitals, ASL TO3, Pinerolo, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cavagna Roberta Service of Dietology, Pinerolo and Rivoli Hospitals, ASL TO3, Pinerolo, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Artino Elena Service of Dietology, Pinerolo and Rivoli Hospitals, ASL TO3, Pinerolo, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Boffano Paolo Private practice, Turin, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Springer Berlin Heidelberg 272/12(2015-12-01), 3793-3799 0937-4477 272:12<3793 2015 272 405