GuidelineSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2022
Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) expert opinion/guidance on the use of clinically assisted nutrition in patients with advanced cancer.
Guideline in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Risk prediction models for malnutrition in patients with cancer: a systematic review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- SEOM clinical guidelines for cancer anorexia-cachexia syndrome (2023).Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2024Guideline
- Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) expert opinion/guidance on the use of clinically assisted hydration in patients with advanced cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Guideline
- Efficacy of a WeChat-Based, Multidisciplinary, Full-Course Nutritional Management Program on the Nutritional Status of Patients With Ovarian Cancer Undergoing Chemotherapy: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2024Trial
- Pretreatment geriatric nutritional risk index is associated with impaired treatment continuity and supportive care-relevant outcomes in unresectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- Prevalence of malnutrition and the appropriateness of nutritional support among patients with hematologic malignancies: a GLIM-based study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
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- The Role of Registered Dietitians in Cancer Palliative Care: Responsibilities, Challenges, and Interdisciplinary Collaboration-A Cross-Sectional Survey.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025Article
- Nutrition in Advanced Disease and End of Life Cancer Care.Seminars in oncology nursing · 2025Review
- Can we improve the management of inoperable malignant bowel obstruction? Results of a feasibility study of elemental diet as an alternative to parenteral nutrition in patients with advanced gynaecological cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Article
- Xerostomia in patients with advanced cancer: a scoping review of clinical features and complications.BMC palliative care · 2023Article
- Taste disturbance in patients with advanced cancer: a scoping review of clinical features and complications.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Article
- Psychosocial Factors and the Need for Multidisciplinary Support in Nutrition Counselling for Cancer Chemotherapy Patients.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Review
- Percutaneous gastrostomies in advanced cancer.Porto biomedical journalArticle
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Abstract
purposeThe pro vision of clinically assisted nutrition (CAN) in patients with advanced cancer is controversial, and there is a paucity of specific guidance, and so a diversity in clinical practice. Consequently, the Palliative Care Study Group of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) formed a Subgroup to develop evidence-based guidance on the use CAN in patients with advanced cancer.
methodsThis guidance was developed in accordance with the MASCC Guidelines Policy. A search strategy for Medline was developed, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials were explored for relevant reviews/trials respectively. The outcomes of the review were categorised by the level of evidence, and a "category of guideline" based on the level of evidence (i.e. "recommendation", "suggestion", or "no guideline possible").
resultsThe Subgroup produced 11 suggestions, and 1 recommendation (due to the paucity of evidence). These outcomes relate to assessment of patients, indications for CAN, contraindications for CAN, procedures for initiating CAN, and re-assessment of patients.
conclusionsThis guidance provides a framework for the use of CAN in advanced cancer, although every patient needs individualised management.
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