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ReviewCurrent oncology reports2019

Malnutrition in Older Adults with Cancer.

Xiaotao Zhang, Beatrice J Edwards

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Review in Current oncology reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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62citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

62 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 122 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xiaotao ZhangDepartment of Medicine, Epidemiology & Population Sciences, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, MS: BCM307, Room 613D, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Beatrice J EdwardsGeriatric Medicine, Supportive Care, Central Texas Veterans Healthcare System, Temple, TX, 76504, USA. bjedwards2400@gmail.com.
Baylor College of Medicine · USCentral Texas Veterans Health Care System · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewMalnutrition is a common and under-recognized geriatric condition in older adults with cancer. This review describes the public health burden, malnutrition prevention, and the relationship among cancer cachexia, malnutrition, and sarcopenia. Finally, clinical practice recommendations on malnutrition and prevention are presented. RECENT

findingsAdvanced age and cancer stage, frailty, dementia, major depression, functional impairment, and physical performance are important risk factors for malnutrition in older adults with cancer. The Mini Nutrition Assessment (MNA), Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST), and Patient Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) are the most commonly used assessment tools in older adults with cancer. In addition, malnutrition is independently associated with poor overall survival and quality of life, longer hospital stays, greater hospital cost, and hospital readmission. Comprehensive malnutrition prevention is required for improving the nutrition status among older adults with cancer.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overFrailtyHumansMalnutritionNeoplasmsQuality of LifeRisk FactorsCancer cachexiaComprehensive geriatric assessmentDementiaDepressionFrailtyFunctional impairmentGait speedMalnutrition preventionOlder adult with cancerOverall survivalPerformance statusQuality of lifeRisk factorsSarcopeniaScreening

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PMID31359189
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