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Paula Ravasco
Researcher at Catholic University of Portugal
Publications - 106
Citations - 10699
Paula Ravasco is an academic researcher from Catholic University of Portugal. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Randomized controlled trial. The author has an hindex of 34, co-authored 98 publications receiving 8474 citations. Previous affiliations of Paula Ravasco include Instituto de Medicina Molecular & University of Lisbon.
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Nutritional Counseling for Head and Neck Cancer Patients Undergoing (Chemo) Radiotherapy—A Prospective Randomized Trial
TL;DR: Individualized on-demand nutritional counseling was as efficacious as intensive counseling in preventing deterioration of nutritional status and incidence of malnutrition during (chemo) radiotherapy and found that overweight patients had more severe weight loss, but not poorer survival.
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Body Composition Evaluation in Head and Neck Cancer Patients: A Review.
Inês Almada-Correia,Pedro Miguel Neves,Antti Mäkitie,Antti Mäkitie,Paula Ravasco,Paula Ravasco +5 more
TL;DR: SMM measurement at thelevel of cervical spine C3 vertebra may be a reliable method for SMM assessment as it strongly correlates with cross-sectional area measures at the level of L3 and it allows a cost-effective body composition assessment without the need for additional radiation exposure.
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Should omega-3 fatty acids be used for adjuvant treatment of cancer cachexia?
TL;DR: Future cachexia trials would likely benefit from studying a single tumour type with earlier stage disease, with probably different dosage depending on the cancer type and its inflammatory profile.
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Nutritional support in head and neck cancer: how and why?
TL;DR: It was shown that nutritional deterioration in patients with gastrointestinal and head and neck cancer was multifactorial and mainly determined by tumour burden and location, and individualized nutritional counselling was the single method capable of sustaining a significant impact on patients' outcomes.
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Nutritional approaches in cancer: Relevance of individualized counseling and supplementation
TL;DR: If the patient is unable to achieve his or her nutritional requirements via regular foods, nutritional supplements may be prescribed, the composition of which is based on detection of dietary deficits as well as a detailed intake questionnaire.