Nutritional Interventions during Chemotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer: A Systematic Review of Prospective Studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pancreatic cancer incidence is growing, but the prognosis for survival is still poor. Patients with pancreatic cancer often suffer from malnutrition and sarcopenia, two clinical conditions that negatively impact oncological clinical outcomes. The aim of this systematic review was to analyze the impact of different nutritional interventions on clinical outcomes in patients with pancreatic cancer during chemotherapy.

Methods

A systematic review of MedLine, EMBASE, and Web of Science was carried out in December 2022, identifying 5704 articles. Titles and abstracts of all records were screened for eligibility based on inclusion criteria, and nine articles were included.

Results

All nine articles included were prospective studies, but a meta-analysis could not b

SUBMITTER: Cintoni M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9920549 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature