Impact of Nutritional Status on Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors (GEP-NET) Aggressiveness

• Published in: Nutrients Vol. 10; no. 12; p. 1854
• Main Authors: Barrea, Luigi, Altieri, Barbara, Muscogiuri, Giovanna, Laudisio, Daniela, Annunziata, Giuseppe, Colao, Annamaria, Faggiano, Antongiulio, Savastano, Silvia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 01.12.2018; MDPI
• Subjects: Anorexia; bioelectrical impedance; Body composition; butter; Cancer therapies; cream; Diabetes; Disease; Endoscopy; fish; fruits; Hormone replacement therapy; Hypertension; Liver; Malnutrition; margarine; Medical treatment; Mediterranean diet; Metabolism; Metastasis; Mortality; Motility; neoplasms; Neuroendocrine tumors; nutrition assessment; Nutritional status; nuts; observational studies; patients; processed meat; resection; seafoods; Surgery; vegetables; Vegetarianism; wines; nutrition; bioelectrical impedance analysis; tumor aggressiveness; Mediterranean diet; gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors

Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are rare neoplasms mostly originating from the gastroenteropancreatic tract (GEP-NETs). Data regarding nutritional status in GEP-NET patients are limited. The aim of the study was to investigate the nutritional status and adherence to the Mediterranean Diet (MD) in GEP-N...