[Nutritional assessment of cancer patients in palliative care is a key element in comprehensive care and survival].

Introduction: palliative care has been linked to the management of patients without a curative option. The detection of malnutrition allows establishing nutritional intervention strategies to make an adequate use of resources and contribute to support measures. Objective: to describe changes in nutritional status and their impact on survival in patients with cancer disease under palliative care.

Retrospective analysis of patients with advanced or metastatic gastric cancer in Colombia.

To assess patient and disease characteristics, treatment patterns, and associated costs in patients with advanced or metastatic gastric cancer (A/MGC) in Colombia, in both the public and private hospitals. A total of 145 patients who had received first-line chemotherapy treatment (platinum analog and/or a fluoropyrimidine) and were followed for at least 3 months after the last administration of a first-line cytotoxic agent were eligible for inclusion. Case-report forms were elaborated based on the patients' medical records from three Colombian hospitals.