Abstract

Head and neck cancer patients live under a high risk of nutrition deficiency. There is an increasing body of evidence to approve intensive nourishment help to these patients. The purposes of nourishment support are to avert and handle dietary deficiency, augment tolerance to cancer therapy, reduce the adverse effects of cancer therapy, and increase quality of life. The European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism guidelines are the first evidence-based European recommendations for nourishment for cancer patients. In this review, we summarized malnutrition assessments, nutritional problems, and nutritional counselling and patient experiences.