An Interdisciplinary Nutrition Support Team Improves Clinical and Hospitalized Outcomes of Esophageal Cancer Patients with Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy

An Interdisciplinary Nutrition Support Team Improves Clinical and Hospitalized Outcomes of Esophageal Cancer Patients with Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy

Background: The prevalence of malnutrition is very high in patients with cancer. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether or not a nutrition support team (NST) could benefit esophageal cancer patients undergoing chemoradiotherapy (CRT). Methods: Between June 2012 and April 2014, 50 esop...

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Main Authors: Ming-Hua Cong, Shu-Luan Li, Guo-Wei Cheng, Jin-Ying Liu, Chen-Xin Song, Ying-Bing Deng, Wei-Hu Shang, Di Yang, Xue-Hui Liu, Wei-Wei Liu, Shi-Yan Lu, Lei Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2015-01-01
Series:Chinese Medical Journal
Subjects:
Chemoradiotherapy; Complication; Esophageal Cancer; Nutrition Support Team; Prognosis
Online Access:http://www.cmj.org/article.asp?issn=0366-6999;year=2015;volume=128;issue=22;spage=3003;epage=3007;aulast=Cong

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