Prevalence of malnutrition in patients at first medical oncology visit: the PreMiO study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In cancer patients, malnutrition is associated with treatment toxicity, complications, reduced physical functioning, and decreased survival. The Prevalence of Malnutrition in Oncology (PreMiO) study identified malnutrition or its risk among cancer patients making their first medical oncology visit. Innovatively, oncologists, not nutritionists, evaluated the nutritional status of the patients in this study.

Methods

PreMiO was a prospective, observational study conducted at 22 medical oncology centers across Italy. For inclusion, adult patients (>18 years) had a solid tumor diagnosis, were treatment-naive, and had a life expectancy >3 months. Malnutrition was identified by the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA), appetite status with a visual analog scale (VAS), and a

SUBMITTER: Muscaritoli M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5668103 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature