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ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2023

The PG-SGA outperforms the NRS 2002 for nutritional risk screening in cancer patients: a retrospective study from China.

Xinqiao Chen, Xiangliang Liu, Wei Ji, Yixin Zhao, Yuwei He, Yining Liu, Qiguang Li, Hanping Shi, Jiuwei Cui

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Article in Frontiers in nutrition, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Xinqiao Chen *Cancer Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Xiangliang Liu *Cancer Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Wei Ji *Cancer Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Yixin ZhaoCancer Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Yuwei HeCancer Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Yining LiuCancer Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Qiguang LiCancer Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Hanping ShiBeijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Jiuwei CuiCancer Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
First Hospital of Jilin University · CNCapital Medical University · CNJilin University · CN

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Abstract

Background and aims: As a chronic wasting disease, cancer can lead to metabolic and physiological changes in patients, resulting in severe malnutrition. Therefore, accurate assessment of nutritional status and adoption of scientifically sound nutritional interventions are of great importance for patients with cancer. This study aimed to assess the necessity of implementing the Nutrition Risk Screening 2002 (NRS 2002) tool in conjunction with the Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) in patients with cancer. Methods: This retrospective study collected the clinical data of cancer patients from November 2011 to December 2018 in the Department of Oncology, Cancer Center, First Hospital of Jilin University. The NRS 2002 and the PG-SGA were used as screening tools for malnutrition. Clinical characteristics and laboratory results were detected. Anthropometric indices including hand-grip strength (HGS), visceral fat area (VFA), calf circumstance (CC), and appendicular skeletal muscle mass index (ASMI) were also collected. The diagnostic results from the NRS 2002 were compared to the malnutrition diagnosis using the PG-SGA. Results: Of the 2,645 patients included in this retrospective study, the nutritional risk was found in 1763 (66.6%) patients based on the PG-SGA, and in 240 (9.1%) patients based on the NRS 2002, respectively. Among the 240 patients evaluated by the NRS 2002 for risk of malnutrition, 230 were also assessed by the PG-SGA as malnourished. There were no significant differences observed in the clinical characteristics and laboratory parameters between the two groups. Conclusion: The PG-SGA is effective and had a higher positive rate in screening malnutrition for patients with cancer. The NRS 2002 is not necessary for patients who are to be assessed with the PG-SGA.

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cancer patientsNRS 2002nutritional risk screeningPG-SGAretrospective study

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