Review Title: Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) for the Assessment of Body Composition in Oncology: a scoping review

Review Objective: To evaluate the current scientific and clinical evidence on Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) for body composition assessment in patients with cancer, under active treatment.

Review Question: 1—What is the clinical relevance of BIA as a valid tool to assess body composition in cancer patients for the adult population?

Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria Population: Cancer patients aged 18 years or older. Concept: Use of BIA to assess body composition. Context: Antineoplastic treatment (chemotherapy, radiotherapy or other).

Types of Study: Only published studies, both quantitative and qualitative data, and systematic reviews, with abstract available.

Study Details and Characteristics Cancer location________________________________________________________________________________________ Author(s)/Year of publication____________________________________________________________________________ Country______________________________________________________________________________________________ Study design__________________________________________________________________________________________ Study objective________________________________________________________________________________________ Sample size___________________________________________________________________________________________ Gender_______________________________________________________________________________________________ Body Mass Index_______________________________________________________________________________________ Mean age _____________________________________________________________________________________________ BIA device____________________________________________________________________________________________ BIA Frequencies_______________________________________________________________________________________ BIA Equation__________________________________________________________________________________________ Study limitations ______________________________________________________________________________________ Main conclusions ______________________________________________________________________________________