Publications by authors named "Jia-Hao Lou"
Article Synopsis
- * A total of 431 patients were analyzed, with 79 receiving oral chemotherapy and 352 undergoing observation; the research used propensity score matching to balance the groups for comparison.
- * Results showed that the oral chemotherapy group had significantly longer modified disease-free survival (mDFS) and disease-free survival (DFS) compared to the observation group, indicating that more aggressive treatment may offer better survival outcomes.
Background: We aimed to identify which enteral feeding method was most beneficial for patients and compare clinical outcomes, quality of life, and complication rates by assessing patients who underwent prophylactic percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (pPEG) tube, reactive percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (rPEG) tube or reactive nasogastric tube (rNGT) insertion.
Methods: Patients with head and neck cancers (HNCs) were enrolled between April 1, 2013 and April 17, 2019 (n = 335; 296 males, 39 females). Data concerning patient characteristics and treatment modalities were extracted from the medical records.