Evaluation of nutritional status in non-small-cell lung cancer: screening, assessment and correlation with treatment outcome
Ilaria Trestini, Isabella Sperduti, Marco Sposito, Dzenete Kadrija, Alessandro Drudi, Alice Avancini, Daniela Tregnago, Luisa Carbognin, Chiara Bovo, Antonio Santo, Massimo Lanza, Mirko D’Onofrio, Giampaolo Tortora, Emilio Bria, Michèle Milella, Sara Pilotto
Abstract
21.4%) than those with NRS-2002 ≥3. An explorative evaluation demonstrated that NRS-2002 score significantly decreased after nutritional intervention (p=0.001) for 3 months.ConclusionBaseline nutritional risk represents a prognostic factor in NSCLC. Nutritional counselling should be applied as a fundamental tool to improve nutritional risk in a short period, ameliorating patients' outcome.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineInternal medicineLung cancerLogistic regressionProportional hazards modelWilcoxon signed-rank testPathologicalMultivariate analysisOncologyCorrelationPerformance statusCancerMann–Whitney U testGeometryMathematicsNutrition and Health in AgingFrailty in Older AdultsCancer Diagnosis and Treatment