Impact of Malnutrition on Prognosis in Patients with HER2-negative Metastatic Gastric Cancer

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TOPÇU A., YASİN A. İ.

MEDICAL JOURNAL OF BAKIRKOY, vol.18, no.2, pp.258-265, 2022 (ESCI, Scopus, TRDizin)

• Publication Type: Article / Article
• Volume: 18 Issue: 2
• Publication Date: 2022
• Doi Number: 10.4274/bmj.galenos.2022.2022.4-7
• Journal Name: MEDICAL JOURNAL OF BAKIRKOY
• Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CINAHL, EMBASE, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
• Page Numbers: pp.258-265
• Keywords: Albumin, gastric cancer, malnutrition, Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool, overall survival, weight loss, UNIVERSAL SCREENING TOOL, GASTROINTESTINAL CANCER, NUTRITIONAL-STATUS, WEIGHT-LOSS, SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION, POOR SURVIVAL, GASTRECTOMY, OUTPATIENTS, SUPPORT
• Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
• Bezmialem Vakıf University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: Malnutrition is common in patients with gastric cancer and may adversely affect their prognosis. This study investigated the impact of malnutrition on overall survival (OS) in patients with metastatic gastric cancer by computing the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST), one of the most used nutritional screening tools.