Malnutrition affects 30% to 80% of older adults with cancer – SPCC

SPCC (Sharing Progress in Cancer Care) shared the following post on LinkedIn:

“Malnutrition affects 30% to 80% of older adults with cancer, contributing to frailty, poor treatment outcomes, and reduced survival rates. Despite this, nutritional status is not always a priority among oncology healthcare providers.

In a new position paper, resulting from a task force as part of the SPCC Project on the impact of nutritional status in Geriatric Oncology, leading experts in the fields of geriatric medicine, oncology, and nutrition science present compelling evidence for regular nutrition risk screening and assessment in older cancer patients. By doing so, healthcare providers can implement patient-centred nutrition management strategies, thereby enhancing geriatric-oncology care.

Read the full paper here.

This work was supported by Fresenius Kabi. This entity had no influence on the content or the decision to submit the article for publication.”

Systematic nutritional screening and assessment in older patients: Rationale for its integration into oncology practice

Authors: Jürgen M. Bauera, Megan Pattwellb, Rocco Barazzonic, Nicolò Matteo Luca Battistid, Enrique Soto-Perez-de-Celise, Marije E. Hamakerg, Florian Scottéh, Pierre Soubeyrani, Matti Aapro.

Source: SPCC (Sharing Progress in Cancer Care)/LinkedIn