Subclinical thiamine deficiency identified by preoperative evaluation in an ovarian cancer patient: Diagnosis and the need for preoperative thiamine measurement.
Hideki OnishiMayumi IshidaNozomu UchidaDaisuke ShintaniTadaaki NishikawaKosei HasegawaKeiichi FujiwaraTatsuo AkechiPublished in: Palliative & supportive care (2020)
Cancer therapists need to be aware that thiamine deficiency may occur even before the start of cancer treatment. In cases with a loss of appetite of more than 2 weeks' duration, in particular, thiamine deficiency should be considered if the tumor is rapidly increasing, regardless of the presence or absence of delirium.