https://www.selleckchem.com/products/ap-3-a4-enoblock.html Nutrition remains a relevant issue until the end of life, both for patients and their relatives. This is particularly true for palliative patients with advanced head and neck cancer. In addition to local problems caused by the disease and its treatment, patients suffer from social aspects such as isolation, decreasing strength, and reduced mobility. Effective nutritional counselling and therapy are necessary to retain quality of life and self-care for as long as possible. Dialogue between the palliative care team and ENT oncologists should serve as the basis for developing an individual plan for each patient in this difficult situation. A special section of this manuscript focuses on the value of traditional herbal medicine for different ENT symptoms in the context of nutrition. The aim of this review is to promote qualified discussion between patient, relatives, and professionals.BACKGROUND Due to steadily dwindling student attendance, a new blended learning lecture format was piloted at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the University Medical Center Freiburg in the winter semester (WS) 2017/18 the ENT 3D series. In order to present complex ENT topics (e.g., middle ear) in a more understandable, appealing, and clinically relevant manner, the clinical disciplines of otorhinolaryngology and radiology cooperated with the preclinical specialty of anatomy. The aim of the study was to evaluate this teaching format and investigate preferences that could encourage students to attend lectures. METHODS In all lectures, participants of the ENT block internship in the 2017/18 WS were asked about the quality of the lecture using an evaluation card. In addition, the increase in knowledge was examined in each of the newly designed lectures. A final questionnaire asked the students about their preferences regarding teaching methods. RESULTS Overall, the new courses were not rated better than the regular ones, althou