Assessing malnutrition in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Diagnostic protocol for the development and validation of a new nutritional assessment tool

• Main Authors: Zhang, Peng, Wang, Pengpeng, Soh, Kim Lam, Japar, Salimah, Khazaai, Huzwah, Liao, Jinlian, Ying, Yanping, Ning, Chuanyi, Xue, Li, Pan, Xiao
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2024
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112848/1/112848.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112848/; https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0300067
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Introduction There is currently no gold standard or specific nutritional assessment tool to assess malnutrition in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Our study aims to develop a new nutritional assessment tool for NPC patients. Methods and analysis NPC patients will be required to complet...