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ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2025

Comparison of Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) and Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) for nutritional assessment in hepatocellular carcinoma patients.

Piyanant Chonmaitree, Asawin Sudcharoen, Piyakorn Poonyam, Nutthawut Laoarphasuwong, Kitsarawut Khuancharee, Ornicha Thititagul

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Article in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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  2. [The value of the nutritional assessment index or score in prognostic evaluation for patients with liver cancer].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2026
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  3. Reconceptualizing nutritional surveillance in hepatocellular carcinoma under sorafenib therapy: from static body composition to dynamic clinical integration.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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  4. Changes in nutritional status in hepatocellular carcinoma patients treated with sorafenib.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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Piyanant ChonmaitreeDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Srinakharinwirot University, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. piyanant_n@yahoo.co.th.
Asawin SudcharoenDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Srinakharinwirot University, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.
Piyakorn PoonyamDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Srinakharinwirot University, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.
Nutthawut LaoarphasuwongDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Srinakharinwirot University, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.
Kitsarawut KhuanchareeDepartment of Preventive and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Srinakharinwirot University, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.
Ornicha ThititagulDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Srinakharinwirot University, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMalnutrition affects the prognosis and response to treatment in cancer patients. There is no gold standard for nutritional assessment in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This study aimed to compare Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) and Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) in predicting mortality in HCC patients.

methodWe included HCC patients in the outpatient clinic at HRH Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Medical Center. The nutritional status was assessed according to PG-SGA and MNA. Patients were followed up for 1 year to verify the incidence of death and complications.

resultEighty-nine HCC patients were included. The mean age was 62.2 years. Most of the patients were treated with transarterial chemoembolization. Malnutrition identified by PG-SGA and MNA was 53.9% and 51.7%, respectively. The mortality rate was 2.65 cases per 100 persons. Overall survival rate was 90% and 81.5% at 12 and 24 months, respectively. Patients with malnutrition assessed by PG-SGA and MNA had significantly higher mortality than patients without malnutrition. PG-SGA had a sensitivity of 80% for predicting mortality. PG-SGA had higher accuracy for predicting the mortality of HCC patients than MNA (AUROC PG-SGA 0.7148 and MNA 0.7098).

conclusionHCC patients with malnutrition were evaluated by PG-SGA and MNA had higher mortality than HCC patients without malnutrition. PG-SGA had higher accuracy in predicting mortality than MNA.

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Carcinoma, HepatocellularLiver NeoplasmsMalnutritionNutrition AssessmentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedNutritional StatusPrognosisSurvival RateHepatocellular carcinomaMini Nutritional AssessmentNutritional assessmentPatient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment

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