Two-year survival in patients with oncological disease with low muscle reserve, risk of sarcopenia and probable sarcopenia: A post hoc analysis.

Introduction: Sarcopenia is a clinical syndrome characterized by the loss of muscle mass quantity and quality. Our objective was to establish the prevalence of low muscle reserve, risk of sarcopenia (RIS) and probable sarcopenia (PS) and their associations with survival at two years in hospitalized patients with cancer.

Methods: This was a post hoc analysis of the Nutri-Score and Malnutrition Screening Tool (MST) operational characteristics.

Malnutrition screening tool and nutritional screening tool for classification of nutritional risk in patients with cancer upon hospital admission: Comparison of diagnostic performance using Global Leadership Initiative on malnutrition criteria as reference.

Background & Aims: Tools for screening of nutrition risk in patients with cancer are usually validated against other screening instruments. Here with the performance of Malnutrition Screening Tool (MST) and Nutritional Screening Tool (NUTRISCORE) to identify the risk of malnutrition was assessed. A full nutritional evaluation and diagnosis following criteria from the Global Leadership Initiative of Malnutrition (GLIM) was the reference standard for the classification of malnutrition.