Nutritional Risk Screening Predicts Tumor Response In Lung Cancer Patients

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Authors	TOMÍŠKA Miroslav TOMÍŠKA Miroslav TOMÍŠKOVÁ Marcela ILLA Petr SKŘIČKOVÁ Jana BUREŠOVÁ Lucie
Year of publication	2009
Type	Article in Proceedings
Conference	Supportive Care in Cancer
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Medicine
Citation
Field	Pneumology
Keywords	lung cancer; nutritional risk screening; nutritional status; undernutrition
Description	Nutritional Risk Screening adapted for oncological patients was used to assess the risk of undernutrition in 122 patients. High risk of undernutrition is not caused by anti-cancer treatment toxicity; nevertheless it is not clear whether nutritional support can improve the outcome.
Related projects:	Environment - carcinogenesis - oncology