Abstract

A STUDY ON NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF PATIENTS TREATED WITH RADIOTHERAPY AS DETERMINED BY SUBJECTIVE GLOBAL ASSESSMENT

B. Priyanka*, M. Pavan Kumar, N. Pradeep Krishna and S. Swetha

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Abstract

Radiation therapy is a cancer treatment that uses high doses of radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. At low doses, radiation is used in x-rays to see inside your body, as with x-rays of your teeth or broken bones. At high doses, radiation therapy kills cancer cells or slows their growth by damaging their DNA. Cancer cells whose DNA is damaged beyond repair stop dividing or die. When the damaged cells die, they are broken down and removed by the body. The study aims to conduct study on nutritional status of patients treated with radiotherapy as determined by subjective global assessment. The study is to be conducted in a tertiary care hospital. The patient enrolment into the study by interacting and interviewing the patients will be conducted over a period of five months. The data analyze and collection related to patient age, details regarding treatment, changes during the treatment based on prospective cohort study will be conducted. The required details were collected in a SGA data collection form. The majority of RT-related toxicity is closely linked to dietary issues. Many nutrition screening approaches have been developed that include dietary and medical history, weight loss, biochemical indicators of body protein, and anthropometry, among other things. Our study looked at a large group of cancer patients who were receiving RT and added the therapeutically useful knowledge that malnutrition is a significant issue in cancer patients receiving RT. The SGA tool was used to determine the prevalence of malnutrition in patients treated with RT to the head and neck, lung, and gastrointestinal cancers.

Keywords: Radiation therapy, Cancer cells, DNA, biochemical indicators, nutritional status, anthropometry, subjective global assessment.