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Impact of malnutrition as defined by the GLIM criteria on treatment outcomes in patients with cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Ryota Matsui, Kazuma Rifu, Jun Watanabe, Noriyuki Inaki, Tetsu Fukunaga

Clinical Nutrition · 2023

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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Malnutrition has been reported to lead to poor postoperative outcomes. The Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria were published in 2019 as a global consensus on the criteria for diagnosing malnutrition. However, the relationship between GLIM-defined malnutrition and treatment outcomes in patients with cancer has not been fully investigated. Therefore, this study aimed to clarify the impact of GLIM-defined malnutrition on the treatment outcomes of patients with cancer. METHODS: We searched MEDLINE, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, EMBASE, the World Health Organization International Clinical Trials Platform Search Portal, and ClinicalTrials.gov and identified observational studies published from inception to January 17, 2022. We co

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Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.1016/j.clnu.2023.02.019
Catalogue ID
SNmojg03sj-n3jday
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