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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2021

Awareness of Cancer-Related Malnutrition and Its Management: Analysis of the Results From a Survey Conducted Among Medical Oncologists.

Maurizio Muscaritoli, Emanuele Corsaro, Alessio Molfino

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 49 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06219083 recruitingnot on this map

Study of Nutritional Status and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Common Malignancies

Typeobservational_patient_registrySponsorXiaoqin LuoRan2020 to 2031Enrolled1,538ConditionsCancer, Chemoradiotherapy, Nutrition, Healthy, Oncology
NCT07087561 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

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

TypeinterventionalSponsorXiaoqin LuoRan2024 to 2030Enrolled360ConditionsColorectal Cancer (Diagnosis), Malnutrition or Risk of MalnutritionArmsPersonalized Oral Nutritional Supplementation, Personalized Parenteral Nutritional Supplementation, Structured Nutrition-Focused Health Education
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 80 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. The effects of enteral tube feeding on nutrition, survival, and quality of life outcomes in advanced upper gastrointestinal cancers: a systematic literature review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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  13. 'I have to drink it to survive': patients' experiences and barriers to adherence to oral nutritional supplements in cancer care: a qualitative study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maurizio MuscaritoliDepartment of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Emanuele CorsaroMedi-Pragma S.r.l., Rome, Italy.
Alessio MolfinoDepartment of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Sapienza University of Rome · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer is a global major public health problem, particularly in Western countries, where it represents the second leading cause of death after cardiovascular disease. Malnutrition is common in cancer patients and differs from starvation-related malnutrition, as it results from a combination of anorexia and metabolic dysregulation, caused by the tumor itself or by its treatment, and causing cachexia. Cancer-associated malnutrition can lead to several negative consequences, including poor prognosis, reduced survival, increased therapy toxicity, reduced tolerance and compliance to treatments, and diminished response to antineoplastic drugs. Guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health in 2017, the most recent ESPEN guidelines and the PreMiO study highlighted an inadequate nutritional support in cancer patients since their first visit, and recommended an optimization of the quality of life of cancer patients in each stage of the disease, also through specific nutritional interventions by multidisciplinary teams. Based on the evidences summarized above, a survey has been carried out on a sample of 300 Italian hospital medical oncologists to evaluate their level of awareness and perception of cancer-related malnutrition and their proposals to implement effective strategies to improve nutritional care in the setting of hospital oncology departments in Italy. The survey results indicate that, despite high levels of awareness among Italian oncologists, malnutrition in cancer patients remains, at least in part, an unmet medical need, and additional efforts are necessary in terms of increased training and hiring of personnel, and of creation of organizational pathways aimed at treatment optimization based on available evidences.

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