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. 2023 Apr 14;10:1045022. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1045022

Clinical nutrition in surgical oncology: Young AIOM-AIRO-SICO multidisciplinary national survey on behalf of NutriOnc research group

Luigi Marano 1,†, Federica Marmorino 2,†, Isacco Desideri 3,†, Ludovico Carbone 1,*,‡, Alessandro Rizzo 4, Viola Salvestrini 5, Franco Roviello 1, Saverio Cinieri 6, Vittorio Donato 7, Raffaele De Luca 8; NutriOnc Research Group
PMCID: PMC10140427  PMID: 37125048

Abstract

Malnutrition is a common condition in cancer patients which is usually associated with functional limitations, as well as increased morbidity and mortality. Based on the support of the young sections of Italian Association of Medical Oncology (AIOM), Italian Association of Radiotherapy and Clinical Oncology (AIRO) and Italian Society of Surgical Oncology (SICO) merged into the NutriOnc Research Group, we performed a multidisciplinary national survey with the aim to define the awareness of nutritional issues among healthcare professionals delivering anticancer care. The questionnaire was organized in four sections, as follows: Knowledge and practices regarding Nutritional Management of cancer patients; Timing of screening and assessment of Nutritional Status; Nutritional Treatment and prescription criteria; Immunonutrition and educational topics. The modules focused on esophagogastric, hepato-bilio-pancreatic and colorectal malignancies. Overall, 215 physicians completed the survey. As regards the management of Nutritional Status of cancer patients, many responders adopted the ERAS program (49.3%), while a consistent number of professionals did not follow a specific validated nutritional care protocol (41.8%), mainly due to lack of educational courses (14.5%) and financial support (15.3%). Nearly all the included institutions had a multidisciplinary team (92%) to finalize the treatment decision-making. Cancer patients routinely underwent nutritional screening according to 57.2% of interviewed physicians. The timing of nutritional assessment was at diagnosis (37.8%), before surgery (25.9%), after surgery (16.7%), before radiochemotherapy (13.5%) and after radiochemotherapy (7%). Most of the responders reported that nutritional status was assessed throughout the duration of cancer treatments (55.6%). An important gap between current delivery and need of nutritional assessment persists. The development of specific and defined care protocols and the adherence to these tools may be the key to improving nutritional support management in clinical practice.

Keywords: clinical nutrition, cancer, malnutrition, nutritional assessment, survey

Acknowledgments

The authors thank Barbara Borlotti Amico (Nestlè Health Science) and Iside Morabito (Isi Events) for support, Mariateresa Cirillo for graphic design. The authors affiliated to the IRCCS Istituto Tumori “Giovanni Paolo II” in Bari are responsible for the views expressed in this article, which do not necessarily represent the Institute.

Contributor Information

NutriOnc Research Group:

Silvia Sofia, Marco Milone, Benedetto Ielpo, Maria Teresa Mita, Silvia Ministrini, Mario Giuffrida, Roberta Tutino, Caterina Baldi, Giampaolo Perri, Anna Stella Lippolis, Chiara Marafante, Giusy Giannandrea, Marco Vito Marino, Letizia Laface, Salomone Di Saverio, Luca Aldrighetti, Nicola de’Angelis, Nick Salimian, Marco Caricato, Gianluca Pellino, Sara Vertaldi, Federica Cipriani, Gabriella Teresa Capolupo, Antonio Costanzo, Letizia Santandrea, Gaetano Gallo, Andrea Belli, Laura Mastrangelo, Fausto Rosa, Nicolò Pecorelli, Graziella Marino, Alessio Giordano, Nicola Cillara, Maria Lemma, Francesco Pata, Federico Cammillini, Gianmario Edoardo Poto, Giulia Grassi, Donato Francesco Altomare, Arcangelo Picciariello, Lorenzo Petagna, Luca Ippolito, Elio Treppiedi, Daniele Delogu, Abdallah Moukachar, Stefano Granieri, Giuseppe Cuticone, Osvaldo Carpineto Samorani, Daniela Rega, Leonardo Solaini, Stefano de Pascale, Francesca Ascari, Michele Manigrasso, Simona Badalucco, Salvatore Paiella, Sara Coppola, Roberta Iadarola, Giovanna Di Meo, Isacco Montroni, Fabio Vistoli, Valentina Ferraro, Edoardo Saladino, Federico Fazio, Roberta Rota, Francesco Orlando, Simone Famularo, Cinzia Bizzoca, Giorgio Dalmonte, Marco Inama, Luigi Verre, Leandro Siragusa, Casoni Pattacini Gianmaria, Michele Benedetti, Nicolò Tamini, Cristian Conti, Giorgio Ammerata, Serena Mantova, Vito Leonardo Pinto, Arianna Corvasce, Giorgio Micheletti, Teresa Perra, Marco Pellicciaro, Marco Materazzo, Michele Zuolo, Emanuele Doria, Antonio Brillantino, Luca Del Prete, Andrea Muratore, Claudio Luciani, Giulia Turri, Fabio Casciani, Giuliani Giuseppe, Graziana Barile, Oldrà Gaia, Valeria Restaino, Simona Deidda, Michele Ammendola, Andrea Fares Bucci, Patrizia Marsanic, Dario Cassetti, Luca Resca, Daniele Fusario, Eleonora Andreucci, Anna Michelotti, Brunella Amoruso, Isabella Franco, Laura Noto, Andrea Spallanzani, Raimondo Calogero Scalia, Teresa Del Giudice, Valeria Merz, Gianmarco Motta, Alessandro Parisi, Mikol Modesti, Antonella Argentiero, Debora Basile, Gianmarco Vannini, Carlotta Ottanelli, Salvatore Corallo, Eufemia Stefania Lutrino, Daniele Rossini, Federica Morano, Luigia Stefania Stucci, Costanza Winchler, Martina Catalano, Andrea Marini, Giuseppe Brisinda, Enrico Sammarco, Martina Carullo, Giandomenico Roviello, Mirko Barone, Maria Grazia Rodriquenz, Giuseppe Tirino, Alessia Amoruso, Anna Russo, Veronica Conca, Laura Orgiano, Sveva Macrini, Giulia Nazzicone, Maria Bensi, Martina Montesano, Emanuela Dell’Aquila, Andrea Sbrana, Beatrice Borelli, Lorenzo Fornaro, Lucrezia Raimondi, Valeria Zurlo, Mattia Garutti, Elena Ongaro, Arianna Pellegrino, Andrea lanese, Laura Bernardini, Alessandra Boccaccino, Patrizia Farina, Federica Buzzacchino, Angelica Petrillo, Ada Taravella, Vittorio Studiale, Paolo Ciracì, Giovanna Lovino, Dora Di Cosmo, Sabrina Montrone, Fabiana Gregucci, Luca Dominici, Alba Fiorentino, Filippo Carannante, Giambattista Siepe, Giampaolo Montesi, Manuele Roghi, Michele Aquilano, Andrea Romei, Ilaria Bonaparte, Roberta Grassi, Emma D’Ippolito, Giulio Frosini, Giuseppina De Marco, Gennaro Giovine, Chiara Mattioli, Ilaria Morelli, Victoria Lorenzetti, Matteo Mariotti, Carolina Orsatti, Vincenzo Troncone, Lorenzo Livi, Antonio Angrisani, Marco Banini, Teresa Di Pietro, Giuseppe Carlo Iorio, Iacopo Cavallo, Cecilia Cerbai, Valerio Nardone, Francesca De Felice, Consuelo Rosa, Giulia Stocchi, Sara Lucidi, Michele Ganovelli, Damiano Dei, Chiara Cascone, Anna Peru, Luisa Caprara, Lucia Angelini, Luca Visani, Giulio Francolini, Beatrice Bettazzi, Francesco Belia, Virginia Boccardi, Simone Serafini, Vincenzo Bottino, Luca Ferrario, Giuseppe Frazzetta, Felice Pirozzi, Gennaro Martines, Francesco Antonio Ciarleglio, Daniele Indiani, Giuliano Barugola, Luca Mazza, and Chiara Guarini

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