Malnutrition and nutrition impact symptoms (NIS) in surgical patients with cancer.

Background And Aim: Nutrition impact symptoms (NIS) are common in cancer patients and the negative impacts on nutritional status indicate the need for research, diagnosis and nutritional intervention in order to reduce the risk of malnutrition. We aimed to verify the presence of malnutrition, the need for nutritional intervention, NIS and their influence on the nutritional status of surgical patients with cancer.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out in a public tertiary hospital, from March 2017 to October 2019.

Presence of dynapenia and association with anthropometric variables in cancer patients.

Background: Dynapenia is defined as an age-related loss of muscle strength. There is little information on dynapenia in cancer patients and on how it relates to anthropometric variables. The aim of this study was to analyze the presence of dynapenia and its association with anthropometric variables in hospitalized cancer patients.