Evidence-based practice guidelines for the nutritional management of adult patients with head and neck cancer

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Cite this guideline

Head and Neck Guideline Steering Committee. Evidence-based practice guidelines for the nutritional management of adult patients with head and neck cancer. Sydney: Cancer Council Australia. [Version URL: https://wiki.cancer.org.au/australiawiki/index.php?oldid=116710, cited 2019 May 26]. Available from: https://wiki.cancer.org.au/australia/COSA:Head_and_neck_cancer_nutrition_guidelines.

Table of Contents

1. Executive summary

2. Introduction and guideline development

3. Summary of recommendations (Printable version)

4. Clinical questions and evidence based recommendations

4.1 Appropriate access to care - Nutrition screening and assessment

4.2 Quality nutrition care - Nutrition intervention

4.3 Quality nutrition care - Establishing goals

4.4 Quality nutrition care - Nutrition prescription

4.5 Nutrition implementation - Pre-treatment

4.6 Nutrition implementation - Surgery

4.7 Nutrition implementation - Radiotherapy/chemotherapy

4.8 Nutrition implementation - Palliative care

4.9 Nutrition monitoring and evaluation

5. Appendices

5.1 Head and neck cancer guideline framework

5.2 Search strategy

5.3 Table of studies

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