American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 244-249 , July 2009

Percutaneous feeding tubes in patients with head and neck cancer: rethinking prophylactic placement for patients undergoing chemoradiation

  • Joshua D. Lawson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
    • ,
  • Jennifer Gaultney, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
    • ,
  • Nabil Saba, MD

      Affiliations

    • Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
    • ,
  • William Grist, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
    • ,
  • Lawrence Davis, MD, FACR

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
    • ,
  • Peter A.S. Johnstone, MD, FACR

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
    • Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Radiation Oncology Department, Emory University School of Medicine, 1365 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. Tel.: +1 404 778 3473; fax: +1 404 778 4139.

Received 6 April 2008

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☆ Dr Johnstone is a Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Cancer Scholar, supported in part by the Georgia Cancer Coalition.

PII: S0196-0709(08)00111-7

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2008.06.010

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 244-249 , July 2009

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