Nutritional intervention should be considered as a supportive measure within the global
oncology strategy. In curative oncology care, it contributes to reduced postoperative infection …

The evaluation of quality of life (QoL) assesses patients' well-being by taking into account
physical, psychological and social conditions. Cancer and its treatment result in severe …

Background: Despite being recognised that nutritional intervention is essential, nutritional
support is not widely accessible to all patients. Given the incidence of nutritional risk and …

Aims: Under-nutrition is a major source of morbidity and mortality in cancer patients. This
prospective, cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate the relative contributions of cancer …

Even before an anti-cancer treatment starts, cancer can cause profound metabolic and
physiological alterations that affect the nutritional status and a patient's needs for protein …

Tackling malnutrition in cancer patients remains one of the most challenging tasks in clinical
practice. Even though robust evidence exists stressing the role of nutritional status in relation …

OBJECTIVE: We examined nutritional issues, assessment, and intervention strategies for
patients with cancer. METHODS: Reviews of practice guidelines and published reports were …

Purpose Cancer patients represent a patient group with a wide-range of nutrition related
problems which are often under-recognized and undertreated. In order to assess the status …

Background Malnourishment is commonly seen in ageing, cancer and many chronic
conditions, and is associated with poorer prognosis. Aim We set out to collect all currently …

Cancer-associated malnutrition can result from local effects of a tumour, the host response to
the tumour and anticancer therapies. Although cancer patients often have reduced food …