title: [Nutritional assessment employing the malnutrition universal screening tool for patients with colorectal cancer undergoing outpatient chemotherapy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We surveyed the nutritional status of patients with colorectal cancer undergoing outpatient chemotherapy using the malnutrition universal screening tool(MUST)to examine its usefulness and association with adverse events.
  
  
  METHODS
  We examined the use of the MUST and the incidences of adverse events in 34 patients with advanced or recurrent colorectal cancer who had undergone outpatient chemotherapy between April and December 2010.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The high-risk patients requiring nutritional care intervention comprised 47. 1%(16 patients)of the study population, and these patients exhibited significant decreases in body weight and body mass index. The incidences of appetite loss and fatigue were significantly higher in the high-risk group than in the low-risk group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Precautions against adverse events may prevent a worsening of the nutritional status of patients with colorectal cancer. Thus, nutritional assessment is necessary in patients undergoing outpatient chemotherapy. Furthermore, the MUST appears to represent a very useful simplified nutritional screening method for the nutritional management for these patients.
authors.affiliation: Nutrition Support Team, Ikeda Municipal Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Miyuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tagawa
authors.forename: Michiaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Myotoku
authors.forename: Chiaki
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Iwamoto
authors.forename: Hiromasa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Senaha
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Urashima
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirotani
authors.forename: Naomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Imanaka
authors.forename: Naruo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Imanishi
authors.forename: Mihoko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukuzaki
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Azama
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015992:Body Mass Index; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D010045:Outpatients; D012307:Risk Factors; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents