Trial reportChinese medical journal2015
An Interdisciplinary Nutrition Support Team Improves Clinical and Hospitalized Outcomes of Esophageal Cancer Patients with Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy.
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Study of Nutritional Status and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Common Malignancies
The Effects and Mechanisms of Short-Term Nutritional Enhancement Combined With Health Education on Clinical Outcomes in Postoperative Patients With Colorectal Cancer: A Multicenter, Open-Label, Randomized Controlled Trial
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.
- Nutritional education and counseling program for adult cancer patients during radiotherapy: a cluster-randomized clinical trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Trial
- Interpretable survival modeling integrating nutritional-inflammatory biomarkers in elderly patients with locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma treated with definitive radiotherapy.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Stratification system for pharmaceutical care in cancer patients: Chinese expert consensus.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of nutrition support team-led care on perioperative outcomes in malnourished older adults with gastric cancer.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- The success of community-based management in improving maintenance hemodialysis outcomes: a pilot study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Summary of Evidence on Nutritional Management for Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy.Cancer medicine · 2024Review
- A cross-sectional survey study on the correlation analysis of nutritional status and intestinal flora in patients with esophageal cancer.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Machine learning-based prediction of risk factors for abnormal glycemic control in diabetic cancer patients receiving nutrition support: a case-control study.Hormones (Athens, Greece) · 2023Article
- Analysis of the Risk Factors for Negative Emotions in Patients with Esophageal Cancer During the Peri-Radiotherapy Period and Their Effects on Malnutrition.International journal of general medicine · 2023Article
- The impact of nutritional status in nivolumab-treated patients with advanced esophageal cancer.PloS one · 2023Article
- Safety and efficacy of paclitaxel plus carboplatin versus paclitaxel plus cisplatin in neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for patients with locally advanced esophageal carcinoma: a retrospective study.Radiation oncology (London, England) · 2022Article
- A qualitative study about cancer outpatients' experiences with selective taste control of bread as a self-care intervention.Nursing open · 2022Article
- Residing in a food desert is associated with an increased risk of readmission following esophagectomy for cancer.Journal of thoracic disease · 2022Article
- Impact of oral nutrition supplementation on outcomes of esophageal cancer patients treated with chemotherapy: A retrospective cohort study with propensity score matching.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Effects of Enteral Nutrition on Patients With Oesophageal Carcinoma Treated With Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy: A Prospective, Multicentre, Randomised, Controlled Study.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- Nutritional Status and Feeding Regimen of Patients with Esophagus Cancer-A Study from Vietnam.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Bridging Policy and Service Performance of Hospital-Based Nutrition Support by Healthcare Information Technology.Nutrients · 2021Article
- [Enteral nutrition support reduces toxicity of chemotherapy in patients with advanced or metastatic esophageal cancer].Beijing da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Peking University. Health sciences · 2020Article
- Intensity-modulated radiotherapy does not decrease the risk of malnutrition in esophageal cancer patients during radiotherapy compared to three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy.Journal of thoracic disease · 2019Article
- The impact of using a malnutrition screening tool in a hospital setting: a mixed methods study.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe prevalence of malnutrition is very high in patients with cancer. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether or not a nutrition support team (NST) could benefit esophageal cancer patients undergoing chemoradiotherapy (CRT).
methodsBetween June 2012 and April 2014, 50 esophageal cancer patients undergoing concurrent CRT were randomly assigned into two groups: The NST group and the control group. The nutritional statuses of 25 patients in the NST group were managed by the NST. The other 25 patients in the control group underwent the supervision of radiotherapy practitioners. At the end of the CRT, nutritional status, the incidence of complications, and completion rate of radiotherapy were evaluated. Besides, the length of hospital stay (LOS) and the in-patient cost were also compared between these two groups.
resultsAt the completion of CRF, the nutritional status in the NST group were much better than those in the control group, as evidenced by prealbumin (ALB), transferrin, and ALB parameters (P = 0.001, 0.000, and 0.000, respectively). The complication incidences, including bone marrow suppression (20% vs. 48%, P = 0.037) and complications related infections (12% vs. 44%, P = 0.012), in the NST group were lower and significantly different from the control group. In addition, only one patient in the NST group did not complete the planned radiotherapy while 6 patients in the control group had interrupted or delayed radiotherapy (96% vs. 76%, P = 0.103). Furthermore, the average LOS was decreased by 4.5 days (P = 0.001) and in-patient cost was reduced to 1.26 ± 0.75 thousand US dollars person-times (P > 0.05) in the NST group.
conclusionsA NST could provide positive effects in esophageal cancer patients during concurrent CRT on maintaining their nutrition status and improving the compliance of CRF. Moreover, the NST could be helpful on reducing LOS and in-patient costs.
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