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FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY IN ESOPHAGEAL CANCER PATIENTS
- Source :
- The journal of the Japanese Practical Surgeon Society. 46:1569-1575
- Publication Year :
- 1985
- Publisher :
- Japan Surgical Association, 1985.
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Abstract
- Nutritional assessment was performed in 41 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus to clarify factors associated with nutritional deficiency. Six parameters, i.e., body weight, triceps skin fold, arm muscle circumference, creatinine/height index, serum albumin and serum transferrin were measured on admission, after preoperative radiation therapy, and at four as well as eight weeks after surgery. The assessment indicated that, on admission, nutritional deficiency clearly existed in esophageal cancer patients. Out of factors including age, dysphagia, stage of cancer and cellular immunity in patients on admission, dysphagia and stage of cancer were associated with nutritional deficiency. The effect of treatments for cancer on nutritional status was also assessed. The parameters of nutrition were markedly depressed by the surgery with or without preoperative radiation therapy. These results indicate that treatments including surgery and radiation, dysphagia and stage of cancer, especially the former two, are critical factors associated with nutritional deficiency in esophageal cancer patients.
- Subjects :
- Cellular immunity
Creatinine
medicine.medical_specialty
biology
business.industry
Serum albumin
Cancer
Esophageal cancer
medicine.disease
Dysphagia
Gastroenterology
Surgery
chemistry.chemical_compound
medicine.anatomical_structure
chemistry
Internal medicine
biology.protein
medicine
medicine.symptom
Stage (cooking)
Esophagus
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 03869776
- Volume :
- 46
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The journal of the Japanese Practical Surgeon Society
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........09e073c9201d1ce7b9c95f78a2d43d84
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3919/ringe1963.46.1569