Current Overview of Sarcopenia in the Cancer Patient

Year 2023, Volume: 7 Issue: 3, 732 - 741, 30.09.2023

Ezime Toruk , Gamze Akbulut

https://doi.org/10.46237/amusbfd.1295662

Abstract

Malnutrition is frequently observed in oncology patients due to tumor or treatment. When physical inactivity is added in addition to malnutrition in this patient group, muscle loss is inevitable. It is known that sarcopenia in cancer patients adversely affects the outcomes of patients with various types of cancer. For the correct diagnosis of sarcopenia, it is important to determine the decreased skeletal muscle mass, strength and performance of the patients. It is recommended to use reliable methods such as dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA), computerized tomography (CT), bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) for the determination of skeletal muscle mass. Performing body composition analysis, evaluation of nutritional status and providing nutritional counseling from the first diagnosis of patients will be effective in increasing treatment compliance, tolerance and quality of life.

Keywords

Cancer, Sarcopenia, Nutrition

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Kanserli Hastada Sarkopeni’ye Güncel Bakış

Abstract

Malnütrisyon, onkoloji hastalarında tümör ya da tedaviye bağlı olarak sıklıkla gözlenmektedir. Bu hasta grubunda malnütrisyona ek olarak fiziksel hareketsizlik de eklendiğinde kas kaybının olması kaçınılmazdır. Kanser hastalarında sarkopeninin çeşitli kanser türlerine sahip hastaların sonuçlarını olumsuz etkilediği bilinmektedir. Sarkopeni teşhisinin doğru konulması açısından hastaların azalmış iskelet kası kütlesi, kuvveti ve performansının saptanması önemlidir. İskelet kas kütlesinin saptanmasında Çift enerjili X-ışını absorpsiyometrisi(DEXA), bilgisayarlı tomografi(BT), biyoelektrik impedans analizi(BİA) gibi güvenilirliği tanımlanmış yöntemlerin kullanılması önerilmektedir. Hastaların ilk tanı konulmasından itibaren vücut bileşim analizinin yapılması, beslenme durumunun değerlendirilmesi ve beslenme danışmanlığı verilmesi tedaviye uyumu, tolerasyonu ve yaşam kalitesinin arttırılmasında etkili olacaktır.

Keywords

Kanser, Sarkopeni, Beslenme

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