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Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool is not sufficiently valid in screening for risk of malnutrition in patients with newly diagnosed esophago-gastric cancer: a validation study compared with Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment.

Valeria Rucco, Eva M Grace, Clare Shaw, Amyn Lalji, Kabir Mohammed, H Jervoise N Andreyev, Kevin Whelan

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and DieteticsSep 5, 2026PMID 42700924doi:10.1016/j.jand.2026.156874 Journal ArticlepubmedProvenance
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BACKGROUND: Malnutrition is prevalent in patients with esophago-gastric cancer and is associated with poorer outcomes. Malnutrition screening tools are used to screen for risk of malnutrition and to determine whether full nutritional assessment is required. The optimal malnutrition screening tool…

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