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Medicina Fluminensis, Vol. 51 No. 3, 2015.

Review article

Nutrition in cancer patient

Renata Dobrila-Dintinjana ; Klinika za radioterapiju i onkologiju, KBC Rijeka, Rijeka
Arnela Redžović ; Klinika za radioterapiju i onkologiju, KBC Rijeka, Rijeka
Aleksandar Čubranić ; Zavod za gastroenterologiju, KBC Rijeka, Rijeka
Marijan Dintinjana ; Ordinacija opće medicine dr. Marijan Dintinjana, Rijeka
Stjepko Pleština ; Klinika za onkologiju, KBC Zagreb, Zagreb

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Abstract

Cancer cachexia syndrome is a syndrome which appears in oncologic patients and it is caused by a number of factors. Clinically is manifested with weight and muscle mass loss. Cachexia is the most common secondary diagnosis in cancer patients and is often the first sign of the malignant disease. Weight loss is an indicator of poor prognosis in patients with cancer – between 40 and 80 percent of patients show signs of weight loss associated with cancer, and up to 30 percent of cancer patients die of malnutrition.

Keywords

anorexia; cachexia; eicosapentaenoic acid; megestrol-acetate

Hrčak ID:

144076

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/144076

Publication date:

1.9.2015.

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