Assessment of nutritional status of patients receiving chemotherapy: sample from European Gaza hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancer treatment itself and particularly chemotherapy unavoidably affects host cells, often producing a variety of side effects, e.g., nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and fever, and further decreases in appetite, physical activity, and body weight. These effects, combined with biochemical and histological injuries to major organ systems, may result in a profound nutritional insufficiency. This study aimed to determine the nutritional status of patients receiving chemotherapy.

Methods

A prospective study was conducted among 64 adults newly diagnosed cancer patients of various sites, admitted to the Oncology Department at European Gaza Hospital (EGH), and scheduled for the first cycle of chemotherapy. The nutritional status of each patient was assessed using the Subject

SUBMITTER: El-Najjar SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12306121 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature