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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53793#.VNMhYizQrz Author(s) Virender Suhag 1* , B. S. Sunita 2 , Arti Sarin 1 , A. K. Singh 1   Affiliation(s) 1 Army Hospital (Research & Referral), Delhi, India . 2 Base Hospital, Delhi, India . Many factors can modify nutritional status in cancer patients, including cachexia, nausea and vomiting, decreased caloric intake or oncologic treatments causing malabsorption. The cachexia-anorexia syndrome is a complex metabolic syndrome associated with cancer and some other palliative conditions characterized by involuntary weight loss involving fat and muscle, anorexia, early satiety, fatigue and weakness due to shifts in metabolism caus...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53158#.VLXf0cnQrzE Author(s)    Selma F. C. Cunha 1* , Lidiane S. Tanaka 2 , Roberta G. Salomão 2 , Danielle M. Macedo 2 , Thatiane D. Santos 2 , Fernanda M. Peria 3   Affiliation(s) 1 Division of Clinical Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil . 2 Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Team of Clinical Hospital, School of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil . 3 Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil . ABSTRACT Background & Aims: We compared the screening nutritional data of patients with malignant and non-malignant disease, and classified their nutritional risk according to the primary tumor’s site. Methods: Subjective...

Read full paper at: www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50609#.VEdBM1fHRK0 Author(s) U. Bach 1 , H. N. Jensen 2 , H. H. Rasmussen 3,4 , J. Fallingborg 5 , M. Holst 3,6 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Cardiology, Center for Cardiovascular Research, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark . 2 Department of Nutrition, Regional Hospital West Jutland, Holstebro, Denmark . 3 Centre for Nutrition and Bowel Disease, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark . 4 Faculty of Health, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark . 5 Department of Gastroenterology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark . 6 Institute for Planning, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark . ABSTRACT Background: Up to 60%...