fa Omega-3 fatty acid-, micronutrient-, and probiotic-enriched nutrition helps body weight stabilization in head and neck cancer cachexia بیماری های دهان Oral Medicine پژوهشي Research <p> <strong>Objective</strong></p><p>  To evaluate whether an oral nutritional supplement enriched with omega-3 fatty acids, micronutrients, and probiotics affected body weight (BW) changes, serum albumin and prealbumin levels in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) cachexia. </p><p> <strong>Study Design</strong> </p><p> Sixty-eight HNC patients were randomly assigned to receive either an Ethanwell/Ethanzyme (EE) regimen enriched with omega-3 fatty acids, micronutrients, and probiotics, or control (Isocal) for a 3-month period. Analysis of covariance was used to examine the association between BW change and variables.</p><p> <strong> Results</strong> </p><p> Patients with body mass index (BMI) <19 and those receiving the EE regimen consumed fewer daily calories but showed significantly increased BW and maintained higher serum albumin and prealbumin levels than other patients (P<.05). Their BW changes were significantly associated with changes in serum albumin and prealbumin levels. </p><p> <strong>Conclusions</strong></p><p>  EE regimen improved BW as well as serum albumin and prealbumin levels in HNC patients with BMI <19. </p><hr><p></p><p> <strong>Source: </strong>Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology </p><p><a href="http://www.oooojournal.net/article/S2212-4403(13)00042-4/abstract" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff"> Full Text</font></a></p> 0 0 http://idai.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-32-1655&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Kun-Yun Yeh 10031947532846007751 10031947532846007751 No Division of Hemato-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung & Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Taiwan Hung-Ming Wang 10031947532846007752 10031947532846007752 No Division of Hemato-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kweishan & Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Taiwan John W.-C. Chang 10031947532846007753 10031947532846007753 No Division of Hemato-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kweishan & Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Taiwan Jen-Seng Huang 10031947532846007754 10031947532846007754 No Division of Hemato-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung & Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Taiwan Chien-Heng Lai 10031947532846007755 10031947532846007755 No Division of Hemato-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung & Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Taiwan Yii-Jeng Lan 10031947532846007756 10031947532846007756 No Division of Hemato-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung & Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Taiwan Tsung-Han Wu 10031947532846007757 10031947532846007757 No Division of Hemato-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung & Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Taiwan Pei-Hung Chang 10031947532846007758 10031947532846007758 No Division of Hemato-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung & Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Taiwan Hang Wang 10031947532846007759 10031947532846007759 No Department of Food Sciences, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan Cheng-Hsu Wang 10031947532846007760 10031947532846007760 Yes Division of Hemato-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung & Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Taiwan