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1Queensland Centre for Gynaecological Cancer, The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
Objective:
To assess the nutritional status of patients with gynaecological cancer.
Design:
A prospective study assessing the nutritional status of gynaecological patients with suspected or proven gynaecological cancer.
Setting:
Queensland Centre for Gynaecological Cancer, Brisbane, Australia; a tertiary referral centre for gynaecological cancer.
Subjects:
One hundred forty-five patients with suspected or proven gynaecological cancer aged 20-91 years.
Intervention:
Scored patient-generated subjective global assessment (PG-SGA) and serum albumin before treatment.
Results:
One hundred and sixteen (80%) patients were categorized as PG-SGA class A, 29 (20%) patients were PG-SGA B and none of the patients were PG-SGA C. Ovarian cancer patients had significantly lower serum albumin levels (P=0.003) and higher PG-SGA scores (P<0.001) than patients with other types of cancer and benign conditions. Sixty-seven per cent of patients with ovarian cancer were classified as PG-SGA B. After adjusting for patient's age, body mass index and albumin level, ovarian cancer patients were 19 times more likely to be categorized as PG-SGA class B compared to patients with benign conditions (95% confidence interval: 3.03-129.8; P=0.002).
Conclusion:
Malnutrition in gynaecological cancer patients is a significant problem, especially among those patients diagnosed with ovarian cancer.
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