Table I.

Nutritional screening and assessment tools

Screening tool	Information	Validated in cancer patients
The Subjective Global Assessment (SGA) tool	Assesses nutritional status based on features of the history and physical examination	Yes
The patient generated – Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA)	An adaptation of the SGA tool for assessing the nutritional status and is patient generated	Yes
The Malnutrition Screening Tool	Compares favourably with the PG-SGA	Yes
The Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool	Currently used by many Trusts across the UK to screen patients	No