The Effect of Nutritional Counseling for Cancer Patients
The Effect of Nutritional Counseling for Cancer Patients
NCT ID: NCT01962272 Phase: PHASE4 Status: COMPLETED Enrollment: 61 Completion: 2010-09
Conditions
Esophageal Cancer, Gastric Cancer, Uterine Cancer
Interventions
Weekly nutritional counseling, Forticare®.
Summary
Background and aims: Cancer-related malnutrition is multifactorial and related to a bad prognosis. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of intensive, individual dietary counseling of patients in radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy for gynecologic-, gastric-, or esophageal cancer.
Primary Outcome
Accumulated weight-change in per cent