After high school, she studied biology and chemistry and then earned her master’s degree in biochemistry. She wrote her first novel at the age of eight and continued writing throughout her teenage years. They raised her in the Deep South where she found a love of books at a young age. West was born in Korea, but brought to America by her parents. She is the author of the The Watchers Universe series, the Redemption series, the Circle of the Rose Chronicles series, the Everlasting Fire, and the War Angel Academy series. West is a Korean-American author of paranormal, romance, and young adult novels. Future work should investigate the efficacy of early nutrition support in reducing both pre- and post-operative weight loss to improve nutritional status and surgical outcomes as part of a multimodal prehabilitation programme in adults with oesophageal cancer.S.J. Pre-operative HGS measures did not have prognostic value as a stand-alone measure.

Early nutrition support was associated with less weight loss at 12-months post-operatively. Conclusions: Pre-operative weight loss ≥10% was associated with mortality. Pre-operative HGS measurements were not a useful predictor of postoperative complications (p = 0.2), length of stay (p = 0.9) or 90-day mortality (p = 0.6). Adults prescribed early nutrition support during neoadjuvant treatment experienced less weight loss at 12-months post-oesophagectomy compared to adults prescribed late oral nutrition support (p=<0.05). Results: Pre-operative weight loss ≥10% was a significant predictor of mortality at 1 year (OR 2.84, 95%CI 1.03–7.83, p = 0.04) independent of tumour stage, adjuvant treatment, age and gender. Nutrition outcome measures were percentage weight loss from 3 to 6 months prior to diagnosis, peri- and post-operatively, and pre-operative assessment of handgrip-strength (HGS). Late nutrition support defined as: oral or enteral nutrition supplementation prescribed post-operatively. Early nutrition support was defined as: oral or enteral nutrition supplementation during neoadjuvant treatment. Methods: Retrospective review of adults with oesophageal cancer undergoing oesophagectomy (n = 151).

The aim of this study was to examine the effect of early nutrition support and functional measures of nutritional status on post-operative outcomes in adult patients with oesophageal cancer. Evidence for the use of nutrition support and prehabilitation in this cohort is variable. Background and aims: Malnutrition is prevalent in oesophageal cancer.

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