Parenteral Nutrition for Patients Treated for Locally Advanced Inoperable Tumors of the Head and Neck

Exclusion Criteria

• •Distant metastases
• •Prior radiation (Head and neck area)
• •Pregnant or lactating women
• •History of other malignancy; yet patients who have been disease-free for 5 years or patients with a history of completely resected non-melanoma skin cancer or successfully treated in situ carcinoma are eligible.
• •Concurrent other cancer therapy (chemotherapy, immunotherapy, antihormonal or biologic therapy) or concurrent treatment with an investigational drug.
• •Serious medical or psychiatric disorders that would interfere with the patient's safety or informed consent.
• •Participation in another interventional clinical study at time of study inclusion (except follow-up period without treatment for more than 30 days) or denial of the simultaneous participation in a non-interventional study by the PI of the study center.