Identification of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Based Risk Factors for Malnutrition in Elderly Asian Cancer Patients.
Tira Jing Ying TanWhee Sze OngTanujaa RajasekaranKhai Nee KooLi Li ChanDonald PoonAnupama Roy ChowdhuryLalit KrishnaRavindran KanesvaranPublished in: PloS one (2016)
Having advanced stage of cancer, poor performance status, depression and anaemia were found to be predictors of moderate to high nutritional risk. Early identification of patients with these risk factors will allow for nutritional interventions that may improve treatment tolerance, quality of life and survival outcomes.