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ReviewCancers2023

Evaluation of Nutritional Status and the Impact of Nutritional Treatment in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer.

Dominika Mękal, Jacek Sobocki, Anna Badowska-Kozakiewicz, Katarzyna Sygit, Elżbieta Cipora, Ewa Bandurska, Aleksandra Czerw, Andrzej Deptała

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Review in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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30citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

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.

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

30 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Dominika MękalDepartment of Oncology Propaedeutics, Medical University of Warsaw, 01-445 Warsaw, Poland.
Jacek SobockiDepartment of General Surgery and Clinical Nutrition, Centre for Postgraduate Medical Education, 01-813 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-0587-823X
Anna Badowska-KozakiewiczDepartment of Oncology Propaedeutics, Medical University of Warsaw, 01-445 Warsaw, Poland.
Katarzyna SygitFaculty of Health Sciences, Calisia University, 62-800 Kalisz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-7173-2266
Elżbieta CiporaMedical Institute, Jan Grodek State University, 38-500 Sanok, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-7794-550X
Ewa BandurskaCenter for Competence Development, Integrated Care and e-Health, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-204 Gdansk, Poland.
Aleksandra CzerwDepartment of Health Economics and Medical Law, Medical University of Warsaw, 01-445 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-6189-6678
Andrzej DeptałaDepartment of Oncology Propaedeutics, Medical University of Warsaw, 01-445 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-2640-2043
Medical University of Warsaw · PLGdańsk Medical University · PLJan Grodek State Vocational Academy in Sanok · PLPostgraduate School of Molecular Medicine · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with pancreatic cancer who develop irreversible cancer cachexia have a life expectancy of less than 3 months. Therefore, it is extremely important to evaluate the patient's nutritional status as early as possible and to implement an appropriate nutritional intervention in order to reduce the risk of further weight loss and/or muscle loss, which affect the outcomes of cancer treatment and the correct nutritional treatment in patients with pancreatic cancer. A literature review was performed by using the PubMed and Cochrane quick search methodology. The main purpose of this review was to present the current approach to nutritional treatment in pancreatic cancer. The review included publications, most of which concerned clinical nutrition as part of the phase of treatment of patients with pancreatic cancer, nutritional and metabolic disorders in pancreatic cancer, and the period after pancreatic resection. Some of the publications concerned various nutritional interventions in patients with pancreatic cancer undergoing chemotherapy or surgical treatment (nutritional support before surgery, after surgery, or during palliative treatment). There is an unmet need for integrated nutritional therapy as a key part of the comprehensive care process for PC patients. Nutritional counseling is the first line of nutritional treatment for malnourished cancer patients, but pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy also constitutes the cornerstone of nutritional treatment for relieving symptoms of indigestion and maintaining or improving nutritional status.

Indexed as

cancer cachexiamalnutritionnutritional treatmentoncology nutritionpancreatic cancer

Identifiers

PMID37568634
PMCPMC10417457
OpenAlexW4385348655

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