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It is well known that malnutrition is a frequent co-morbidity in cancer patients, especially in those with head and neck neoplasms. This may be due both to the presence of dysphagia symptoms and to the appearance of adverse effects on Chemotherapy and / or Radiotherapy. The aim of this retrospective observational multicentric study is to evaluate t...

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... malnutrition was 13% in patients with oral cancers, 56% of the larynx and 71% in those with pharyngeal cancers, which was not signicant among the three groups (p = 0.13) but is differ signicantly between pharyngeal and oral cavity cancers (p = 0.006) (Fig. ...

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