Risk of Malnutrition in Digestive System Cancers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Background/Objectives: Incidence of malnutrition varies greatly among gastrointestinal (GI) cancer patients and has a major impact on prognosis. We performed a meta-analysis to identify risk factors for malnutrition risk, malnutrition diagnosis, and cachexia in patients with GI cancer. Methods: A systematic search was performed on 31 October 2025 on the PubMed (Medline), Embase, and Cochrane Library databases. Eligible studies reported on risk factors for malnutrition risk, malnutrition diagnosis, malnutrition-related complication risk and cachexia in adult patients with GI cancer. Articles on neuroendocrine tumours, primary cancer outside the GI tract, and the paediatric population were excluded. The random-effects model yielded the pooled odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidenc

SUBMITTER: Budai BC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12784894 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature