The Effects of Compliance with Nutritional Counselling on Body Composition Parameters in Head and Neck Cancer Patients under Radiotherapy

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of patients.

		%
Diagnosis
Larynx-hypopharynx	29	49.2
Oral cavity	8	13.6
Nasopharynx	5	8.4
Paranasal sinus tumors	5	8.4
Oropharynx	4	6.8
Other	8	13.6
Stage
1	7	11.9
2	15	25.4
3	17	28.8
4	20	33.9
Type of chemotherapy
None	21	35.6
Weekly cisplatin	26	44.1
Neoadjuvant cisplatin-docetaxel followed by 3 weekly cisplatin with concurrent RT	10	16.9
Weekly cetuximab	2	3.4
Operation type
None	31	52.5
Mass excision	9	15.3
Mass excision & cervical dissection	19	32.2