PG-SGA SF in nutrition assessment and survival prediction for elderly patients with cancer

• Published in: BMC geriatrics Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 687 - 9
• Main Authors: Zhang, Qi, Li, Xiang-Rui, Zhang, Xi, Ding, Jia-Shan, Liu, Tong, Qian, Liang, Song, Meng-Meng, Song, Chun-Hua, Barazzoni, Rocco, Tang, Meng, Wang, Kun-Hua, Xu, Hong-Xia, Shi, Han-Ping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 10.12.2021; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Aged; Aged patients; Body mass index; Cancer; Cancer patients; Cancer therapies; Elderly patients; Food; Food and nutrition; Geriatrics; Humans; Immunotherapy; Male; Malnutrition; Malnutrition - diagnosis; Malnutrition - epidemiology; Medical prognosis; Mortality; Multivariate analysis; Neoplasms - complications; Neoplasms - diagnosis; Neoplasms - epidemiology; Neutrophils; Normal distribution; Nutrition; Nutrition Assessment; Nutritional Status; Older people; Oncology; Oncology, Experimental; Patients; PG-SGA SF; Product/Service Evaluations; Prognosis; Quality of Life; Tumors; United Kingdom; China; Nutrition assessment; PG-SGA SF; Malnutrition; Elderly patients; Cancer

This study was sought to report the prevalence of malnutrition in elderly patients with cancer. Validate the predictive value of the nutritional assessment tool (Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment Short Form, PG-SGA SF) for clinical outcomes and assist the therapeutic decision. This is a...