Introduction
head and neck cancer, HNC
HEAD AND NECK CANCER
Nutritional status is considered to be an oncologic predictor of survival in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients undergoing radiotherapy (RT) [Five muscular structures are relevant for swallowing: superior constrictor muscle (scm), the middle constrictor muscle (mcm), the inferior constrictor muscle (icm), the cricopharyngeal muscle (cphm), and 1 cm of the cervical esophageal inlet (eim) [We have published our results about the impact of RT dose on feeding tube dependence in the HEADNUT study population previously [