Brain activity correlated with food preferences: a functional study comparing advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients with and without anorexia.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the brain activity manifested while non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with and without anorexia were exposed to visual food stimuli.

Methods: We included 26 treatment-naïve patients who had been recently diagnosed with advanced NSCLC. Patients with brain metastasis were excluded.