title: Changes in dietary intake, body weight, nutritional status, and metabolic rate in a pancreatic cancer patient.
abstract: Pancreatic cancer patients often have a poor prognosis and suffer from nutritional problems. Malnutrition is characterized by weight loss and decreased dietary intake, and is common among pancreatic cancer patients. The objective of this report was to describe the changes in dietary intake, body weight, nutritional status, and metabolic rate on a continuum from the time of diagnosis until the end of life in a patient with pancreatic cancer. In summary, the patient's nutritional status gradually declined, accompanied by extreme weight loss and decreased dietary intake. Conversely, resting energy expenditure, measured by indirect calorimetry, increased from 24 kcal/kg/day to 35 kcal/kg/day. Nutritional management during cancer treatment is important but may be challenging in pancreatic cancer patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Nutrition, National Cancer Center, Goyang 410-769, Korea.
authors.forename: So Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Gyung Ah
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Wie
authors.forename: Woo Jin
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sang-Jae
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Sang Myung
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Woo
keywords: Basal metabolism; Diet records; Nutritional status; Pancreatic cancer
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