Head & neck cancer and the treatment modalities have significant nutritional impacts. Patients often need nutrition support which can include enteral nutrition. The type of feeding tube placed, when the EN begins, and the type of formula can all impact patient clinical outcomes.[1]

50% of Head and Neck Cancer Patients on Enteral Nutrition – Tuesday Tube Facts

Apr 30, 2019 | Tuesday Tube Facts

Approximately 50% of patients with head and neck cancer will require enteral nutrition.^*

It is estimated that 13,000 new cases of head and neck cancer were diagnosed in 2017. *

* Greaves, J.R. (2018). Head and Neck Cancer Tumor Seeding at the Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Site. Nutrition in Clinical Practice, 33(1), 73-80.