Risk of malnutrition and emotional distress as factors affecting health-related quality of life in patients with resected cancer.

C CalderonA Carmona-BayonasC BeatoI GhanemR HernandezM MajemA Rosa DiazO HigueraM Mut LloretPaula Jiménez-Fonseca

Published in: Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico (2018)

The risk of malnutrition and psychological symptoms is strongly associated with HRQoL in cancer patients; thus, medical oncologists should develop effective interventions that contribute to lowering the risk of malnutrition and psychological distress, thereby improving subjects' HRQoL before initiating adjuvant chemotherapy.

Keyphrases

sleep quality
papillary thyroid
healthcare
physical activity
lymph node
young adults
palliative care
prognostic factors
childhood cancer