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Nutritional Education and Counseling Program for Adult Cancer Patients During Radiotherapy: a Cluster-randomized Clinical Trial by Zhihong Zhang; Yu Zhu; Lijuan Zhang; Ziying Wang; Zhonghua Fu; Guangyuan Chen; Lina Xiang; Hongwei Wan is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Purpose: Nutrition education andcounseling is the first-line approach in nutritional support for adult cancer patients; however, it is not well implemented in many clinical settings. this study aims to determine the effect of an evidence-based nutrition education and counseling (nec) program on nutrition status among cancer patients receiving radiotherapy. ## Subjects/methods: This cluster-randomized clinical trial enrolled cancer patients receiving radiotherapy from ten radiotherapy units in three hospitals. randomization was conducted at the unit level (five units into the nec group and five units into the usual care group). the primary outcome was nutrition status after radiotherapy measured by the patient-generated subjective global assessment (pg-sga). secondary outcomes included nutrition-related blood biomarkers after radiotherapy and the use of artificial nutrition and treatment interruption during radiotherapy. ## Results: A total of 468 patients were enrolled (241 in the nec and 227 in the usual care group); 196 patients were female with a mean age (sd) of 59.8 (11.9). no difference was found between the nec and usual care groups in nutrition status and blood biomarker

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Author

Zhihong Zhang; Yu Zhu; Lijuan Zhang; Ziying Wang; Zhonghua Fu; Guangyuan Chen; Lina Xiang; Hongwei Wan

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Published

2022

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)