Assessment of nutritional status of oncology patients at hospital admission: A Portuguese real-world study

Assessment of nutritional status of oncology patients at hospital admission: A Portuguese real-world study

BackgroundNutritional status in patients with cancer has a determining role in the evolution of the disease and tolerance to treatments. Severity of undernutrition impacts morbidity and mortality in cancer patients and can limit patient response to the optimal therapies if nutritional issues are not...

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Main Authors: Carolina Trabulo, Joana Lopes, David da Silva Dias, João Gramaça, Isabel Fernandes, Rita Gameiro, Idília Pina, Antti Mäkitie, Faith Ottery, Paula Ravasco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Nutrition
Subjects:
scored patient-generated subjective global assessment
nutritional assessment
malnutrition
oncology
subjective global assessment (SGA)
cancer
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2022.972525/full

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