NUMERO: #20250525

Título: Prognostic accuracy of preoperative nutritional indicators of survival in head and neck cancer patients

Nome do Apresentador: Márcio Campos OLIVEIRA

Categoria do Trabalho: Painel de pesquisa científica (PPC)

Área Temática: Áreas afins no caráter multidisciplinar

Resumo: Head and neck cancer (HNC) patients are known to have high nutritional risk and a high prevalence of malnutrition. Objective: To determine overall 5-year survival in HNC patients submitted to surgery as their initial treatment and to assess the prognostic accuracy of nutritional anthropometric measurements weight loss percentage (%WL), body mass index (BMI), triceps skinfold (TSF), adductor pollicis muscle thickness (APMT), and calf circumference (CC) to predict survival in this population. Methods: A prospective cohort study of HNC patients treated at a cancer referral center in Bahia's countryside was conducted. Results: Seventy-eight patients were included in this study and were followed up for a 5-year period, with an overall survival rate of 52.1%. Most patients were male (83.3%), with a median age of 65.5 years, and most had low education levels, low household income, and a lifestyle marked by alcohol drinking and tobacco smoking. Median values of all nutritional anthropometric variables assessed in this study were significantly lower among patients who died during follow-up, suggesting greater impairment of nutritional status in this group. Conclusion: All nutritional anthropometric variables, were found to be good predictors of survival in HNC patients initially treated with surgery.

Autor 1:  Márcio Campos OLIVEIRA

E-mail 1:  [email protected]

Autor 2:   Neyara dos Santos OLIVEIRA

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Autor 3 :  Michelle Miranda Lopes FALCÃO

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Autor 4:  Tarsila de Carvalho Freitas RAMOS

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Autor 5:  Igor Ferreira Borba de ALMEIDA

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Autor 6:  Tércio Guimarães REIS

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Autor 7:  José de BESSA JÚNIOR

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