Feifei Chong, Zhenyu Huo, Liangyu Yin, Jie Liu, Na Li, Jing Guo, Yang Fan, Mengyuan Zhang, Ling Zhang, Xin Lin, Junqiang Chen, Chunling Zhou, Suyi Li, Fuxiang Zhou, Qinghua Yao, Zengqing Guo, Min Weng, Ming Liu, Tao Li, Zengning Li, Jiuwei Cui, Wei Li, Hanping Shi, Wei Guo, Hongxia Xu
BACKGROUND: Although the Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) is a reference standard used to assess a patient's nutrition status, it is cumbersome to administer. The aim of the present study was to estimate the value of a simpler and easier-to-use modified PG-SGA (mPG-SGA) to evaluate the nutrition status and need for intervention in patients with malignant tumors present in at least two organs. METHODS: A total of 591 patients (343 male and 248 female) were included from the INSCOC study...
March 9, 2024: Nutrition in Clinical Practice