From: Nutrition in Cancer Care (PDQ®)
PDQ Cancer Information Summaries [Internet].
Bethesda (MD): National Cancer Institute (US); 2002-.
NCBI Bookshelf. A service of the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health.
Table 4. Radiation-Induced Effects on Nutrition Status by Treatment Sitea
| Treatment Site | Effect | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xerostomia, mucositis, taste changes | Dysphagia, odynophagia, esophagitis | Nausea, vomiting | Diarrhea | Other acute | Late side effects | |
| Brain | X | X | Loss of appetite | Dysphagia | ||
| Head and neck | X | X | Thick saliva | Trismus, dysphagia, xerostomia | ||
| Chest | X | X | Loss of appetite | Esophageal stenosis, fibrosis, or necrosis | ||
| Abdomen | X | X | Chronic enteritis/colitis, intestinal stricture or obstruction | |||
| Pelvis and rectum | X | X | ||||