Nurtitional biomarkers in oesophagogastric cancer
Grant Funded: Alfred Health.
Nutritional biomarkers in oesophago-gastric cancer standardised pre-operative nutritional surveillance
SMICS Funding Program Initiative
Health Service: Alfred Health
The project aimed to develop a comprehensive framework involving early identification of malnutrition and nutritional high risk patients and formulate a standardised nutrition care pathway to be shared with partnered healthcare services for patients undergoing potentially curable OG cancer surgery
Clinical applicability: The improved pathway of care will
- Provide timely and effective nutrition interventions aimed to maintain or optimise nutrition status before surgery,
- Ensure all patients have an individualised nutrition care plan before surgery, irrespective of their treatment location,
- Utilise nutrition biomarkers to identify nutritional compromised patients and recommend interventions that aim to mitigate the risk of adverse surgical outcomes.
For further information, please email smics.quality@monashhealth.org