Early percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy and nutritional supplementation for patients with head and neck cancer: an Italian survey of head and neck radiation oncologists.

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to survey among Italian radiation oncologists about the role of nutritional supplementation and an early placement of endoscopic percutaneous gastrostomy in head and neck cancer patients treated with radiotherapy or chemo-radiotherapy.

Methods: The survey was carried out in 106 Italian centers of radiation oncology through a SurveyMonkey online interface questionnaire.

Results: The response rate to the survey was of 63%, with 67 analyzable questionnaires.