Quality of life and its relation with nutritional status in patients with incurable cancer in palliative care.
Livia Costa de OliveiraGabriela Travassos AbreuLarissa Calixto LimaMariah Azevedo AredesEmanuelly Varea Maria WiegertPublished in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2020)
Our findings support that impaired nutritional status was associated with poor QoL in incurable cancer patients. NR assessed by PG-SGA SF better reflects physical, emotional, symptom burden, and overall QoL scores. Thus, this tool may contribute in identifying patients at risk of deterioration QoL.