Publications by authors named "Dana Aline Perez-Camargo"
Phase angle as a potential tool to evaluate chronic inflammatory state and predict quality of life deterioration in women with breast cancer and obesity: A narrative review.
Nutrition
November 2024
Article Synopsis
- Lifestyle, including things like diet and exercise, affects how our body stores fat and can lead to problems like obesity and breast cancer.
- Inflammation and having too much fat can hurt our bodies and make health issues worse.
- Scientists are looking at a measurement called phase angle (PhA) to help understand nutrition and health in cancer patients, as it could improve their treatment and quality of life.
Article Synopsis
- A study was conducted in Mexico to compare early palliative care (EPC) with standard oncological care (SOC) in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). !* -
- Patients in the EPC group had access to a multidisciplinary team that included psychologists, nutritionists, and specialized nurses, aiming to improve their quality of life and symptom management. !* -
- Results showed that patients receiving EPC had a median overall survival of 18.1 months, significantly longer than the 10.5 months for those receiving SOC alone, highlighting the potential benefits of integrating palliative care in cancer treatment. !*
Introduction: current data regarding the decision on rehydration of patients with terminal-stage cancer remain controversial. Objective: the present study was to evaluate the effect of intravenous hydration and supplementary vitamins and trace elements on clinical symptoms and biochemical parameters in palliative cancer patients. Methods: a randomized clinical trial including 72 palliative cancer patients aged 18 years and older was performed at the National Cancer Institute in Mexico.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Vitamin C is an essential nutrient for the adequate function and maturation of the immune system. In vitro studies show that the development, proliferation, and functioning of T cells requires vitamin C, especially for natural killer (NK) cells. Their deficiency during the acute phase post-transplantation could cause greater morbidity and mortality in these patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: nutritional status might vary according to different underlying illnesses such as cancer or infectious diseases, including COVID-19. In this context, data from developing countries remain scarce. Objectives: the objective of this study was to assess the nutritional status and outcomes of Mexican cancer patients diagnosed with COVID-19 at a tertiary care center.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: the exact prevalence of obesity in Mexico is not well known and varies between sources, but more than 30% of Mexico's population are obese. Obesity is associated with several diseases such as metabolic syndrome; the latter, along with cancer, have become public health concerns worldwide, and their association has been widely studied in developed countries. The aim of this study was to identify the overall prevalence of metabolic syndrome and to describe its characteristics among first-time cancer patients at a referral center in Mexico.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMalnutrition and muscle wasting are common features of cancer cachexia that may interfere with the patient's response to cancer treatment, survival, and quality of life. An accurate nutritional screening at the time of diagnosis and throughout the patient's treatment fosters better control of the disease. Several screening tools have proven to be useful for this purpose.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Anorexia-cachexia is a frequent syndrome among cancer patients, specially in late stages: the global prevalence of para-neoplastic anorexia-cachexia ranges between 20-40% in the diagnostic stage and between 70-80% in the late stage of the disease. The co-existence of functional or structural digestive abnormalities is frequently observed among cancer patients; this is a consequence of the tumor growth and of those systemic phenomena related to metabolism, which are affected by the relationship tumor-host specific to anorexia- cachexia.
Objective: This study aimed at establishing the frequency of anorexia-cachexia, as well as its relationship to GI symptoms in the context of palliative care patients at the Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, México City.
Introduction: Cancer of the oral cavity ranks twelfth worldwide. This type of cancer is usually managed surgically followed by radiotherapy, which may be indicated alone or with chemotherapy; this type of therapies have significant functional side effects on the nutritional status of the patient.
Objective: The aim of this work is to know the impact of the different treatments on the nutritional status of patients with cancer of the oral cavity treated at the National Cancer Institute for the period comprised between 2009 and 2011.