Malnutrition and nutrition impact symptoms (NIS) in surgical patients with cancer.

Eduarda Cristina Rodrigues de Morais VianaIsadora da Silva OliveiraAna Beatriz RechinelliIsabele Lessa MarquesVanusa Felício de SouzaMaria Cláudia Bernardes SpexotoTaísa Sabrina Silva PereiraValdete Regina Guandalini

Published in: PloS one (2020)

Malnutrition, the need for nutritional intervention and the presence of three or more NIS were elevated in the patients evaluated. Malnutrition was associated with the presence of NIS, indicating the need for attention and care in antineoplastic treatment.

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