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Volume 3 Issue 3 (July - September, 2015)

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Assessment of malnutrition in cancer patients
Naveen Sharma, Mukul Goyal

Background: Risk of malnutrition is high in cancer patients being treated with chemotherapy. Hence nutritional assessment at initial stage is essential to maintain overall weight of patients and improve clinical outcomes. Objectives: To evaluate nutritional wasting in cancerous patients. Materials and methods: In this study we recruited 200 cancer patients who were evaluated for nutritional insufficiency. The parameters analysed were BMI, MAC, TSF, MMAC, serum albumin and haemoglobin. The data generated were analysed with paired t-test. Result: We found significantly low anthropometric variables as well as biochemical variables in cancer patients when compared before initiation of chemotherapy and after 3 complete rounds of chemotherapy. Conclusion: Assessment of malnutrition in cancer patients reduces comorbidities and improves the life standard of such patients. Keyword: Cancer, Nutrition, wasting syndrome

 
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