Predictors of Pancreatic Cancer-Associated Weight Loss and Nutritional Interventions

• Published in: Pancreas Vol. 46; no. 9; p. 1152
• Main Authors: Nemer, Laura, Krishna, Somashekar G, Shah, Zarine K, Conwell, Darwin L, Cruz-Monserrate, Zobeida, Dillhoff, Mary, Guttridge, Denis C, Hinton, Alice, Manilchuk, Andrei, Pawlik, Timothy M, Schmidt, Carl R, Talbert, Erin E, Bekaii-Saab, Tanios, Hart, Phil A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.10.2017
• Subjects: Aged; Body Mass Index; Cachexia - etiology; Cachexia - physiopathology; Cachexia - therapy; Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal - complications; Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal - physiopathology; Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal - therapy; Female; Humans; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Logistic Models; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Nutrition Therapy - methods; Nutritional Status; Pancreatic Neoplasms - complications; Pancreatic Neoplasms - physiopathology; Pancreatic Neoplasms - therapy; Retrospective Studies

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is often accompanied by weight loss. We sought to characterize factors associated with weight loss and observed nutritional interventions, as well as define the effect of weight loss on survival. Consecutive subjects diagnosed with PDAC (N = 123) were retrospe...