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Prevalence, risk factors and clinical implications of malnutrition in French Comprehensive Cancer Centres

British Journal of Cancer · 2010 · Vol. 102(6) · pp. 966–971

M. Pressoir✉(Institut Claudius Regaud)S Desné(Institut Claudius Regaud)D. Berchery(Institut Claudius Regaud)G Rossignol(Centre Léon Bérard)B. Poirée(Centre Léon Bérard)M Meslier(Centre Léon Bérard)S Traversier(Centre Léon Bérard)M Vittot(Centre Léon Bérard)Míriam Isabel Souza dos Santos Simon(Centre Léon Bérard)Jean-Pierre Gékière(Centre Léon Bérard)Jocelyne Meuric(Centre Léon Bérard)F Serot(Centre Léon Bérard)M.-N. Falewee(Centre Léon Bérard)Ivania Crisálida dos Santos Jansen Rodrigues(Centre Léon Bérard)Pierre Sénesse(Centre Léon Bérard)Marie‐Paule Vasson(Centre Léon Bérard)Frédérica Chelle(Centre Léon Bérard)Brigitte Maget(Centre Léon Bérard)S. Antoun(Centre Léon Bérard)Patrick Bachmann(Centre Léon Bérard)

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Abstract

In French Comprehensive Cancer Centres, one out of three cancer patients are malnourished and this was associated with a longer length of stay. Pre-existing obesity could be identified as a new risk factor for malnutrition in our cancer patient population perhaps because of a misidentification or a delay in nutrition support in this category of patients.

Nutrition and Health in Aging Frailty in Older Adults Stoma care and complicationsMalnutritionMedicineBody mass indexEpidemiologyObesityCancerPediatricsObservational studyWeight lossProspective cohort study

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overBody Weights and MeasuresCancer Care FacilitiesFemaleFranceHumansLength of StayMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasmsRisk FactorsPrevalenceSurvival Analysis