Complications following gastrostomy tube insertion in patients with head and neck cancer: a prospective multi‐institution study, systematic review and metaanalysis

DG Grant, PT Bradley, DD Pothier… - Clinical …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
… In our systematic review and meta-analysis of 2379 head and neck cancer patients, we …
in head and neck cancer patients are higher than those in mixed patient populations. Major …

Hyperfractionated or accelerated radiotherapy in head and neck cancer: a meta-analysis

J Bourhis, J Overgaard, H Audry, KK Ang, M Saunders… - The Lancet, 2006 - thelancet.com
head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, but the effect of such treatment on survival is not
clear. The aim of this meta-analysis … A meta-analysis of updated individual patient data is the …

Mild head injury–mortality and complication rate: meta-analysis of findings in a systematic literature review

JL af Geijerstam, M Britton - Acta neurochirurgica, 2003 - Springer
… They also constitute the vast majority of patients with mild head injury [56]. For these reasons,
only GCS 15 was included in our metaanalysis. The chosen definition of mild head injury is …

Radiotherapy-related quality of life in patients with head and neck cancers: a meta-analysis

X Ge, Z Liao, J Yuan, D Mao, Y Li, E Yu, X Wang… - Supportive Care in …, 2020 - Springer
… In patients with head and neck cancer, the use of … meta-analysis included the most recently
published data to July 1, 2019. Our focus was on the QoL of patients after treatment of head

Value of radiological diagnosis of skull fracture in the management of mild head injury: meta-analysis

PAM Hofman, P Nelemans, GJ Kemerink… - Journal of Neurology …, 2000 - jnnp.bmj.com
… Furthermore, in the studies included in this meta-analysis the prevalence of ICH in patients
with MHI presenting at an emergency department was in the order of 0.03 to 0.10, rather than …

… -fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography to evaluate cervical node metastases in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: a meta-analysis

PA Kyzas, E Evangelou, D Denaxa-Kyza… - Journal of the …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
… Based on the results of this meta-analysis, 18 F-FDG PET performance is not very satisfactory
because half of the patients with cN0 who harbor metastases will have a negative test …

Dysphagia treatment for patients with head and neck cancer undergoing radiation therapy: a meta-analysis review

E Greco, T Simic, J Ringash, G Tomlinson… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Patients undergoing radiation therapy with or without chemotherapy (C/RT) for head and
neck cancer (HNC) often develop dysphagia. Interventions from speech-language pathologists …

Meta-analysis of chemotherapy in head and neck cancer (MACH-NC): an update on 93 randomised trials and 17,346 patients

JP Pignon, A Le Maitre, E Maillard, J Bourhis… - Radiotherapy and …, 2009 - Elsevier
… Our previous individual patient data (IPD) meta-analysis showed that chemotherapy
improved survival in patients curatively treated for non-metastatic head and neck squamous cell …

Prognostic value of vascular endothelial growth factor in patients with head and neck cancer: a metaanalysis

J Zang, C Li, LN Zhao, M Shi, YC Zhou, JH Wang… - Head & …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
… and the clinical outcome of head and neck cancer remains inconclusive. This meta-analysis
aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of VEGF in patients with head and neck cancer. …

A meta-analysis of variables that predict significant intracranial injury in minor head trauma

J Dunning, J Batchelor, P Stratford-Smith… - Archives of disease in …, 2004 - adc.bmj.com
… Although we defined a minor head injury as a patient with a GCS of 13–15, papers that … of
22 420 patients and are summarised in table 1; the full results of the meta-analysis are shown …