Iasmin Matias de Sousa

TL;DR: The findings suggest the use of CC as a simple, easy, cost-effective anthropometric measurement to quickly screen patients at risk of death who could benefit from targeted care to improve their prognosis.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated whether body composition, muscle function, and their association are predictive factors for short-term postoperative complications in patients with gastric and colorectal cancer.

TL;DR: Higher consumption of ultra-processed food, presence of overweight or obesity, waist circumference ≥88 cm, poor sanitation, and family history of cancer were risk factors for breast cancer in this sample of women living in Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil.

TL;DR: The results showed that muscle mass characteristics explains, at least partially, the variability in handgrip strength and gait speed in a direct relationship with cancer.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the accuracy of isolated nutrition indicators in diagnosing malnutrition in patients with gastric and colorectal cancer and their association with mortality, and concluded that the nutrition indicators are not accurate in detecting malnutrition, whereas PG-SGA and low CC could predict mortality.