ABSTRACT Introduction: Malnutrition affects an average of 20-80% of cancer patients, leading to an impaired healing process, increased infection rates and hospital costs, and negative impacts on clinical results. Oral nutritional supplements (ONS) help to increase the patients caloric and protein supplies, promoting recovery of nutritional status. In order to...
ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to affect head and neck cancer treatment in Brazil. Concerned with the outcomes impact of these aggressive cancer, The Brazilian Society of Surgical Oncology developed recommendations on head and neck cancer management during the outbreak.
