ArticleCancers2018
Nutrition Impact Symptoms Are Prognostic of Quality of Life and Mortality after Surgery for Oesophageal Cancer.
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- Experiences and requirements in nutritional management of patients with esophageal cancer: a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Pooled it
- A Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing Jejunostomy and Nasogastric Feeding in Minimally Invasive McKeown Esophagectomy.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2020Trial
- A self-service response system to improve nutrition impact symptoms management among home-based patients with advanced cancer and their family caregivers.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2026Article
- Prevalence and Prognostic Role of Nutrition Impact Symptoms in Patients With Gastrointestinal Cancer: A Multicenter Cohort Study.In vivo (Athens, Greece) · 2026Article
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- The Role of New Agents and Supportive Care in a Multimodal Approach to Cancer Cachexia.Cancers · 2026Review
- Nutrition rehabilitation programs and cachexia clinics for anorexia-cachexia syndrome in patients with cancer.The oncologist · 2026Review
- Delayed gastric conduit emptying after esophagectomy: attempt at a clinically relevant classification.Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus · 2025Article
- Nutritional impact symptoms and dietary changes among women in a cancer support network: a qualitative analysis.BMC cancer · 2025Article
- Nutrition impact symptoms as prognostic indicators in gastric cancer: the role of quality of life and survival outcomes.BMC cancer · 2025Article
- Post-Esophagectomy Dumping Syndrome: Assessing Quality of Life of Long-Term Survivors.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- "One Size Doesn't Fit All": Nutrition Care Needs in Esophageal and Gastric Cancer Survivors-A Qualitative Study.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Features and Differences in Core Symptom Clusters in Home-Based Hospice Patients With Advanced Cancer: A Network Analysis.Cancer medicine · 2024Article
- Quality of Life in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Upper GI Malignancies.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Assessment of pyloric sphincter physiology after Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy using an endoluminal functional lumen imaging probe.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Article
- Managing Nutrition Impact Symptoms in Cancer Cachexia: A Case Series and Mini Review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Review
- Diagnostic criteria and symptom grading for delayed gastric conduit emptying after esophagectomy for cancer: international expert consensus based on a modified Delphi process.Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus · 2020Article
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We aimed to clarify the influence of nutritional problems after surgery for oesophageal cancer on functional health related quality of life (HRQOL) and survival. A prospective nationwide cohort of oesophageal cancer patients operated 2001⁻2005 in Sweden with 6 months postoperative follow up was used. Nutritional problems were categorized as low/moderate/severe/very severe based on weight loss and nutrition impact symptoms. An ANCOVA model calculated mean score differences (MD) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) of global quality of life (QOL), social and physical function scores, stratified by preoperative body mass index (BMI) <25 and ≥25. A Cox proportional hazards model produced hazard ratios (HR) with 95% CI for overall 5-year survival. Of 358 patients, 196 (55%) had preoperative BMI ≥25. Very severe and severe nutritional problems were associated with worse HRQOL in both BMI groups. E.g. MD's for global QOL among 'very severe' group was -29 (95% CI -39⁻-19) and -20 (95% CI -29⁻-11) for <25 and ≥25 BMI, respectively, compared to the 'low' group. Overall 5-year survival among 'very severe' and BMI ≥ 25 was worse; HR 4.6 (95% CI 1.4⁻15.6). Intense nutritional problems negatively impact postoperative HRQOL and combined with preoperative BMI ≥ 25 are associated with poorer 5-year overall survival representing a group needing greater clinical attention.
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