Effects of Dietary Interventions on Nutritional Status in Patients with Gastrointestinal Cancers: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: Introduction/Object: Gastrointestinal cancers are among the most common types of neoplasms and are often associated with malnutrition, which affects physical performance, treatment tolerance and prognosis. This paper aims to synthesize, through a systematic search, the evidence on the impact of nutritional interventions on nutritional status in patients with digestive cancers prone to malnutrition. Methods: A systematic search was performed in PubMed, MDPI, Web of Science and ScienceDirect, for articles published between 2009 and 2025. Overall, 14,503 records were identified, and after screening of titles, abstracts and full-text evaluation, 80 studies (cross-sectional and cohort) were included. Data extraction was performed by a single researcher, using pre-established crite

SUBMITTER: Caragescu Lup CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12839109 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature