Relationship between nutritional status and esophageal fistula formation after radiotherapy for esophageal cancer.

CONCLUSION: In patients with esophageal cancer treated with definitive radiotherapy, a BMI below20kg/m2 is a risk factor for esophageal fistula formation. A well-designed randomized controlled trial comparing the incidence of esophageal fistulas between patients with esophageal cancer who do and do not receive nutritional support before radiotherapy is required. PMID: 31133512 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31133512?dopt=Abstract

Source: Cancer Radiotherapie - May 23, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Watanabe S, Ogino I, Kunisaki C, Hata M Tags: Cancer Radiother Source Type: research