Baseline nutritional status could be a predictor for radiation esophagitis in esophageal cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To investigate the relationship between baseline nutrition status and radiation esophagitis in patients with esophageal cancer treated by radiation therapy.

Methods

A retrospective study was performed on 100 patients with esophageal cancer who was treated with definitive chemoradiotherapy, preoperative chemoradiation and definitive radiotherapy at the Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital from October 2018 and October 2019. We documented the clinical characteristics of patients, including tumor location, clinical stage, treatment, radiation dose, gross tumor volume (GTV), planning tumor volume (PTV) and Atkinson's Dysphagia score (ADS), and we recorded the nutrition status before radiation, including Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessmen

SUBMITTER: Dong J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7576065 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature