Preoperative nutritional support in cancer patients with no clinical signs of malnutrition--prospective randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Preoperative nutrition is beneficial for malnourished cancer patients. Yet, there is little evidence whether or not it should be given to nonmalnourished patients. The aim of this study was to assess the need to introduce preoperative nutritional support in patients without malnutrition at qualification for surgery.

Methods

This was a prospective, two-arm, randomized, controlled, open-label study. Patients in interventional group received nutritional supplementation for 14 days before surgery, while control group kept on to their everyday diet. Each patient's nutritional status was assessed twice--at qualification (weight loss in 6 months, laboratory parameters: albumin, total protein, transferrin, and total lymphocyte count) and 1 day before surgery (change in body

SUBMITTER: Kabata P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4289010 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature