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Kaplan-Meier plots of duration of feeding tube for patients with salivary gland malignancies who underwent (A) nasogastric (NG) tube and (B) gastrostomy tube placement.
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G-tube placement with median duration of 4.1 months (IQR 3.1-6.2 months). Gastrostomy dependence over time is plotted in Figure 1.
Distribution of feeding tube usage among patients with salivary gland malignancies who underwent multimodality (A) or single modality (B) treatment regimen. Gastrostomy tube usage was significantly associated with multimodality treatment and primary site at oropharynx & larynx (p < 0.01).
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Figure 2 illustrates the distribution of feeding tube characteristics by site and treatment modality.