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Malnutrition Predicts Clinical Outcome in Patients with Neuroendocrine Neoplasia. Maasberg S et al. Neuroendocrin. 2017;104(1):11-25.

The aim of this study was to screen and assess nutritional status in patients with various neuroendocrine cancers, correlated with long-term outcomes, allowing assessment of the role of malnutrition for prognosis and patient management. Study results indicated that malnutrition was a relevant problem for these patients and authors concluded that nutrition intervention to improve quality of life and treatment tolerance was advisable.

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