DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2020.v08i01.005

Pages: 23-28

Background: Though nutrition plays a vital role during all phases of cancer treatment, in patients suffering from head and neck cancer, it is particularly important. Studies have reported the malnutrition prevalence rate of head-neck cancer patients as high as 74.2%. Studies have shown that early intervention and counselling by a dietician; with proper evaluation and guidance for nutritional management is of paramount importance is improving the nutritional status of patients in head and neck cancer. Materials and Methodology: A retrospective data from 1st October 2018 to 31st March 2019 for 50 head and neck cancer patients on concurrent chemotherapy and radiotherapy before initiation of the dietary counseling initiative henceforth referred as Non Counseling Group (NCG) was compared with retrospective data from 1st May 2019 30th October 2019 of 50 head and neck cancer patients on concurrent chemotherapy and radiotherapy who received the diet counselling services henceforth referred as Regular Counseling Group (RCG).