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## Purpose: Weight loss and poor food intake have been shown to affect several outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for gastrointestinal cancer. this review aims to examine the effect of pre-, post- or perioperative nutrition interventions focused on increasing oral energy or protein intake in patients undergoing surgery for gastrointestinal cancer. interventions using standard oral nutrition supplements and/or dietary counselling were included. the primary outcome was weight change, and secondary outcomes were energy and protein intake. a secondary aim was to examine this effect in malnourished patients. ## Methods: Embase, medline, cinahl and central were searched from inception to september 2019 for relevant randomised controlled trials. study quality was assessed using the revised cochrane collaboration risk of bias tool for randomised trials. the quality of evidence for each outcome was assessed using grade. ## Results: Fourteen articles met the inclusion criteria. studies assessed patients undergoing surgery for gastric, colorectal, oesophageal and pancreatic cancers. the interventions studied included oral nutrition supplements and/or dietary counselling. five studies rep

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Author

Lauren Reece; Sophie Hogan; Margaret Allman-Farinelli; Sharon Carey

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)