Some Weight Loss During Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer Portends Better Prognosis: Single Institution Review and Matched Pair Analysis

One frequent consequence of definitive or post-operative radiation therapy (RT) for head and neck cancer (HNC) is weight loss (WL). HNC patients reportedly lose about 9% of their body weight during treatment, regardless of pretreatment WL and nutritional support. We investigated whether significant WL during RT has association with overall survival...