Nutritional Counseling for Patients With Gastric Cancer After Subtotal Gastrectomy: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Evidence for the effectiveness of intensive nutritional counseling in reducing weight loss among patients who have undergone gastrectomy for gastric cancer is limited. We evaluated the effectiveness of intensive nutritional counseling in reducing weight loss after subtotal gastrectomy.

Materials and methods

We conducted a prospective, parallel-assigned, double-blind randomized clinical trial to assess the effectiveness of intensive counseling (IC) compared with simplified counseling (SC) in reducing weight loss among patients who underwent subtotal gastrectomy for early gastric cancer. Patients were randomly assigned to either the IC or SC group between March 2021 and February 2023, with a final follow-up in September 2024. Patients in the IC group participated in an

SUBMITTER: Lee AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12536197 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature