1744-1745 / 2605
Feeding Tube Duration and Incidence
Comparison of IMRT with IMPT ( = Int. Mod. Proton Therapy)
Median duration of Feeding Tube Dependence similar – once required:
4.2 months (IMPT) versus 4.7 months (IMRT)
Entire IMRT
Cohort
(N = 998)
No. (%)
IMPT
(N = 25)
No. (%)
Matched
IMRT
(N = 25)
No. (%)
p-value
(IMPT v.
Matched
IMRT)
Feeding Tube
Incidence
475 (48%)
5 (20%)
12 (48%)
0.037
Courtesy Steve Frank
MDAnderson CC – Steve Frank, MD: Reduction of Incidence of Feeding Tube by
approx. 60%
Sio TT,
Frank SJ
. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2016 Jul 15;95(4):1107