Many cancer patients are malnourished as they go into surgery, and that raises their risk for complications. "Cancer patients have an estimated prevalence of malnutrition ranging from 20% to 70%," ...

Best preoperative definition of cancer-related malnutrition may depend on the type of cancer the patient has, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published as an "article in press" on ...

CHICAGO (February 26, 2020): The best approach for surgeons to identify malnourished cancer patients before they have a cancer operation may be specifically related to the type of cancer the patient ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Malnutrition is one of the most common — and most serious — side effects of cancer and its treatment. The ...

Around the world, an estimated 45 million children under the age of five experience acute malnutrition at any given time. Up to two million of these children die as a result annually. The surging ...

ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Hunger among Yemen's children has reached an "all time high", with nearly 2.2 million in need of urgent care, the U.N. children's agency UNICEF said on Monday. At ...

A government-funded project is being launched to combat malnourishment among the elderly. One million people over the age of 65 in England suffer from or are at risk of malnutrition, according to the ...

The best approach for surgeons to identify malnourished cancer patients before they have a cancer operation may be specifically related to the type of cancer the patient has, according to researchers ...