A5058601688- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology
- Head and Neck Cancer Studies
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Dysphagia Assessment and Management
- GDF15 and Related Biomarkers
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Metastasis and carcinoma case studies
- Esophageal and GI Pathology
- Body Composition Measurement Techniques
- Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
- Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
2015-2022
Thomas Foundation
2018
Abstract Purpose People living with and beyond cancer often experience nutrition-related issues should receive appropriate advice on nutrition that is consistent evidence based. The aim of this study was to investigate current practice for the provision nutritional care by healthcare professionals (HCPs) from a UK national survey produced National Institute Health Research (NIHR) Cancer Nutrition Collaboration. Methods An online sent professional groups networks included questions discussing...
Abstract Purpose Cancer cachexia (CC) is a syndrome characterised by an ongoing loss of skeletal muscle mass associated with reduced tolerance to treatment. This study explored the prevalence and severity CC in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients determined its relationship chemotherapy outcomes. Methods was classified into four-stage model: no cachexia, pre-cachexia (PC), refractory (RC) categorisation from biochemical body composition performance assessment. Associations...
<h3>Introduction</h3> A significant amount of head and neck (H&N) upper gastrointestinal (UGI) cancer patients require enteral nutrition (EN) at home. At our centre in 2014 alone we established 156 H&N 52 UGI on home EN. However, a proportion with other tumours may also ESPEN guidelines recommend EN should be considered if under-nutrition exists, oral intake is < 60% requirements prognosis exceeds 2–3 months.<sup>1</sup>Our aim was to determine the extent use non-surgical oncology...
<h3>Introduction</h3> Enteral nutrition (EN) may be indicated in non-surgical oncology patients if they are undernourished or cannot obtain adequate nutritional intake from the oral route alone.<sup>1</sup>The choice of feeding tube depends on several factors including gastro-intestinal (GI) tract accessibility, indication for EN and how long is required. Local resources such as access to gastroenterology interventional radiology also influence type inserted. The aim this service evaluation...