Assessing the impact of an intensive dietitian-led telehealth intervention focusing on nutritional adequacy, symptom control and optional supplemental jejunal feeding, on quality of life in patients with pancreatic cancer: a randomised controlled trial protocol

Abstract Background Pancreatic cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related death in Australia, with a persistently poor 5-year survival rate of around 13%. Symptoms arising from the disease and chemotherapy such as epigastric pain, anorexia, bloating and fat-malabsorptive diarrhoea cause poo...

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Published in:	Nutrition Journal
Main Authors:	Emma McShane, Kate Furness, Lauren Hanna, Kate Connell, Terrence Haines, Catherine E. Huggins, John Zalcberg, Sharon Carey, Charles H.C. Pilgrim, Joanne Lundy, Andrew Metz, David Kissane, Michael Franco, John Coutsouvelis, Diederick W. De Boo, J Simon Bell, Mahesh Iddawela, Theresa Dodson, Ignatius Pereira, Nina Imad, Jill Kirkpatrick, Cherie Dear, Daniel Croagh
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2025-04-01
Subjects:	Malnutrition Pancreatic cancer Nutrition impact symptoms Randomised controlled trial Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency Dietitian
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12937-025-01113-9