[Repercusi ón de los fármacos antineoplásicos sobre la situación nutricional del paciente oncogeriátrico. ¿Puede el oncólogo médico minimizar el impacto de estos fármacos sobre el estado nutricional del enfermo mayor?]

[Repercusión de los fármacos antineoplásicos sobre la situación nutricional del paciente oncogeriátrico. ¿Puede el oncólogo médico minimizar el impacto de estos fármacos sobre el estado nutricional del enfermo mayor?] Nutr Hosp. 2020 Jun 19;: Authors: Molina-Garrido MJ Abstract Aging is associated, per se, with the loss of functional reserve of different organs and systems, a greater risk of vulnerability and frailty, sarcopenia and malnutrition, a reality that is extended to cancer patients. There are several factors that are associated with malnutrition in the elderly individual, such as the difficulty in regulating food intake, loss of appetite and anorexia associated with age, alteration of the senses of taste and smell, dysgeusia or economic problems. In the case of the cancer patient, other factors are added to these factors, such as: type of tumor; tumor stage; evolutionary moment of the disease; and baseline situation. Many therapeutic strategies used against the tumor, such as surgery, treatment with radiotherapy (concomitant or not with chemotherapy) and treatment with antitumor drugs influence also the risk of malnutrition. Thus, for example, concomitant chemo-radiation therapy in head and neck tumors, in lung cancer or in pelvic tumors represents a high nutritional risk antitumor therapy. Some of the repercussions of malnutrition in the oncological elderly are severe. Thus, for example, malnutrition in these indi...
Source: Nutricion Hospitalaria - Category: Nutrition Authors: Tags: Nutr Hosp Source Type: research