Evaluation of nutritional status in cancer patients receiving radiotherapy: A prospective study

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 183-188

  Unsal, Diclehan ^a   Mentes, Bulent ^a   Akmansu, Muge ^a   Uner, Aytug ^a   Oguz, Mehmet ^a   Pak, Yucel ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cancer; Nutrition; Radiotherapy; Subjective global assessment

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; COBALT 60; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID;

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; DENTAL CARIES; ESOPHAGITIS; FATIGUE; GAMMA RADIATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RADIATION INJURY; RECTUM CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; TASTE DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTPATIENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTPATIENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33645796952     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: 1537453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.coc.0000198745.94757.ee     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Brown J, Byers T, Thompson K, et al. Nutrition during and after cancer treatment. CA Cancer J Clin. 2001;51:153-181.
2. Ottery FD. Cancer cachexia: prevention, early diagnosis and management. Cancer Pract. 1994;2:123-131.
3. Resbeut M, Marteau P, Cowen C, et al. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter study of mesalazine for the prevention of acute radiation enteritis. Radiother Oncol. 1997;44:59-63.
4. Donaldson SS. Nutritional consequences of radiotherapy. Cancer Res. 1977;37:2407-2413.
5. Macia E, Moran J, Santos J, et al. Nutritional evaluation and dietetic care in cancer patients treated with radiotherapy: prospective study. Nutrition. 1991;7:205-209.
6. Piquet MA, Ozsahin M, Larpin I, et al. Early nutritional intervention in oropharyngeal cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy. Support Care Cancer. 2002;10:502-504.
7. Nitenberg G, Raynard B. Nutritional support of the cancer patient: issues and dilemmas. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2000;34:137-168.
8. American Joint Committee on Cancer. A.J.C.C. Cancer Staging Handbook. Philadelphia: Lippincott Raven Publishers; 2002.
9. Erkurt E, Erkisi M, Tunali C. Supportive treatment in weight-losing cancer patients due to the additive adverse effects of radiation treatment and/or chemotherapy. J Exp Clin Cancer Res. 2000;19:431-439.
10. Contant CM, van Geel AN, van der Holt B, et al. Morbidity of immediate breast reconstruction (IBR) after mastectomy by a subpectorally placed silicone prosthesis: the adverse effect of radiotherapy. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2000;26:344-350.
11. Park JH, Shim YM, Baek HJ, et al. Postoperative adjuvant therapy for stage II non-small cell lung cancer. Ann Thorac Surg. 1999;68:1821-1826.
12. Bora H, Unsal D, Akmansu M. Results of chemoirradiation after curative resection of locally advanced gastric cancer. Int J Clin Pract. 2004;58:451-456.
13. Kilic D, Egehan I, Ozenirler S, et al. Double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the effectiveness of sulphasalazine in preventing acute gastrointestinal complications due to radiotherapy. Radiother Oncol. 2000;57:125-129.
14. Detsky AS, McLaughin JR, Baker JP, et al. What is subjective global assessment of nutritional status? JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 1987;11:8-13.
15. Schofield WN. Predicting basal metabolic rate, new standards and review of previous work. Hum Nutr Clin Nutr. 1985;39:5-41.
16. de Graeff A, de Leeuw RJ, Ros WJ, et al. A prospective study on quality of life of laryngeal cancer patients treated with radiotherapy. Head Neck. 1999;21:291-296.
17. Ravasco P, Monteiro-Grillo I, Camilo ME. Does nutrition influence quality of life in cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy? Radiother Oncol. 2003;67:213-220.
18. Isenring EA, Capra S, Bauer JD. Nutrition intervention is beneficial in oncology outpatients receiving radiotherapy to the gastrointestinal or head and neck area. Br J Cancer. 2004;91:447-452.
19. Ravasco P, Monteiro-Grillo I, Vidal PM, et al. Dietary counselling improves patient outcomes: a prospective, randomized, controlled trial in colorectal cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy. J Clin Oncol. 2005;23:1431-1438.
20. Ravasco P, Monteiro-Grillo I, Marques Vidal P, et al. The impact of nutrition improves outcomes: a prospective, randomized controlled trial in head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy. Head Neck. 2005;27:659-668.
21. Hunter AM. Nutrition management of patients with neoplastic disease of the head and neck treated with radiation therapy. Nutr Clin Pract. 1996;11:157-169.
22. Beach P, Siebeneck B, Buerer NF, et al. Relationship between fatigue and nutritional status in patients receiving radiation therapy to treat lung cancer. Oncol Nurs Forum. 2001;28:1027-1031.
23. Ireland J, Wells M. The effects of radiotherapy on nutritional status. In: Faithfull S, Wells M, eds. Supportive Care in Radiotherapy. New York: Churchill Livingstone; 2003:204-226.
24. Pia de la Maza M, Gotteland M, Ramirez C, et al. Acute nutritional and intestinal changes after pelvic radiation therapy. J Am Coll Nutr. 2001;20:637-642.
25. Ottery FD. Rethinking nutritional support of the cancer patient: the new field of nutritional oncology. Semin Oncol. 1994;21:770-778.
26. Ottery F. Definition of standardized nutritional assessment and interventional pathways in oncology. Nutrition. 1996;12:15-19.
27. Association of Cancer Online Resources (ACOR). Nutrition in cancer care. Available at: http://www.acor.org/cnet/276584.html. Accessed August 31, 2005.
28. Gough DB, Heys SD, Eremin O. Cancer cachexia: pathophysiological mechanisms. Eur J Surg Oncol. 1996;22:192-196.
29. Martenson JA, Hyland G, Moertel CG, et al. Olsalazine is contraindicated during pelvic radiation therapy: results of double-blind, randomized trial. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1996;35:299-303.
30. Michalowski AS. On radiation damage to normal tissues and treatment. Acta Oncol. 1994;33:139-157.
31. Kilic D, Sayan H. The effect of granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor on the prostaglandin E (2)-like activity of the small intestine of rat during total body irradiation. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 2000;62:349-353.
32. Peters LJ. Radiation therapy tolerance limits: for one or for all? Janeway lecture. Cancer. 1996;77:2379-2385.
33. Ferguson M, Capra S, Bauer J, et al. Development of a valid and reliable malnutrition screening tool for adult acute hospital patients. Nutrition. 1999;15:458-464.
34. Stratton RJ, Hackston A, Longmore D, et al. Malnutrition in hospital outpatients and inpatients: prevalence, concurrent validity and ease of use of the "malnutrition universal screening tool" (MUST) for adults. Br J Nutr. 2004;92:799-808.
35. Mekhail TM, Adelstein DJ, Rybicki LA, et al. Enteral nutrition during the treatment of head and neck carcinoma. Cancer. 2001;91:1785-1790.
36. Gardine RL, Kokal WA, Beatty D, et al. Predicting the need for prolonged enteral supplementation in patients with head and neck cancer. Am J Surg. 1988;156:63-65.