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Background: Malnutrition is an overlooked yet frequent problem in cancer patients that is associated with a higher degree of treatment related toxicity, a reduced response to treatment, an impaired quality of life, and a worse overall prognosis The attitude toward malnutrition varies considerably among oncologists and many malnourished cancer patients receive inadequate nutritional support. An exploratory national survey has been conducted by the Italian Society of Medical Oncology (AIOM) and the Italian Society of Artificial Nutrition and Metabolism (SINPE) aimed at evaluating current attitudes toward malnutrition and management of nutrition among Italian medical oncologists, before publication of an intersociety consensus document (Caccialanza et al, J Cancer, 2016).

Methods: Experts from AIOM and SINPE developed a 15-item multiple-choice questionnaire to investigate the attitude of oncologists toward …