Does nutritional status affect treatment tolerability, chemotherapy response and survival in metastatic gastric cancer patients? Results of a prospective multicenter study in Turkey.

Senem KarabulutIzzet DoganCigdem Usul AfsarMehmet KarabulutNaziye AkAli DuranDidem Tastekin

Published in: Journal of oncology pharmacy practice : official publication of the International Society of Oncology Pharmacy Practitioners (2021)

In mGC patients, moderate/severe malnutrition is associated with worse non-hematological toxicities. Severe malnutrition is also associated with reduced overall survival.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
squamous cell carcinoma
randomized controlled trial
early onset
open label
patient reported outcomes
study protocol
replacement therapy
double blind