title: Importance of nutritional assessment and support in surgical and cancer patients.
abstract: Malnutrition has been reported to have an impact upon the prognosis of patients with cancer as well as those undergoing surgery for other diseases. It is important for practicing gynecologists to familiarize themselves with the methods of nutritional assessment and of nutritional replacement.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000886:Anthropometry; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D001835:Body Weight; D003404:Creatinine / Q000652:urine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000378:metabolism; D013217:Starvation / Q000503:physiopathology; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D003404:Creatinine