China Anti-Cancer Association (CACA) guidelines for treating cancer-related malnutrition
Authors: Song Chunhua , Cui Jiuwei , Cong Minghua , Chen Junqiang , Chen Yongyi , Li Tao , Li Wei , Li Zengning , Liang Tingting , Lin Ning , Liu Ming , Xu Hongxia , Zhuang Zehao , Shi Hanping ,   China Anti-Cancer Association (CACA) Chinese Society of Nutritional Oncology (CSNO) Committee, Yi Ba , Xinwei Cao , Chaogang Chen , Chunxia Chen , Gongyan Chen , Jinfei Chen , Lianzhen Chen , Ping Chen , Wei Chen , Xiangrong Chen , Xiaobing Chen , Xiaofeng Chen , Yanjin Chen , Yongbing Chen , Zihua Chen , Zhikang Chen , Ming Dong , Zhenlan Du , Yu Fang , Zhenming Fu , Jin Gao , Shuqing Gao , Peng Gong , Zengqing Guo , Yuan He , Renchong Hu , Haitao Hu , Wen Hu , Lan Huang , He Huang , Huiling Huang , Wei Ji , Pingping Jia , Yunhe Jia , Jingting Jiang , Haiping Jiang , Xi Jin , Juan Kong , Yongxia Kong , Shangtong Lei , Huichen Li , Jipeng Li , Lingyu Li , Mingsong Li , Sheng Li , Suyi Li , Xiaohua Li , Zhengkai Liao , Yuan Lin , Bo Liu , Fen Liu , Jie Liu , Yong Liu , Lingxiang Liu , Qiuyan Liu , Jingbo Lu , Xiaolan Lu , Qian Lu , Xiaoqin Luo , Jiahua Lv , Hu Ma , Wenjun Ma , Mingyong Miao , Qinghua Meng , Yumei Qi , Kan Qin , Baoli Qin , Liqiang Qin , Benqiang Rao , Jianjun Ren , Wei Shen , Xian Shen , Youxiu Shen , Jun Song , Yongqian Su , Lingyu Sun , Mei Shi , Wanying Shi , Zibin Tian , Meng Tang , Xiaoli Tang , Jing Tao , Qingchao Tang , Lisong Teng , Jing Wang , Kun Wang , Kunhua Wang , Lin Wang , Mengyan Wang , Xiaolin Wang , Xin Wang , Nanya Wang , Yixuan Wang , Yumei Wang , Zhen Wang , Wenqiang Wei , Min Weng , Chengtang Wu , Xianghua Wu , Ligang Xing , Huijuan Xiao , Chuan Xu , Shufang Xu , Jun Xu , Pengyuan Xu , Conglong Xue , Hongmei Xue , Wenfeng Ye , Qingchao Yan , Baihan Yang , Dagang Yang , Jiajun Yang , Liuqing Yang , Qinbing Yang , Ting Yang , Yun Yang , Ying Yao , Qinghua Yao , Conghua Xie , Shi Yin , Jieer Ying , Jiren Yu , Kaiying Yu , Lili Yu , Miao Yu , Shiying Yu , Zhen Yu , Huiqing Yu , Yaying Yu , Zhilong Yu , Kaitao Yuan , Bingdong Zhang , Ce Zhang , Feng Zhang , Kangping Zhang , Pianhong Zhang , Qi Zhang , Xi Zhang , Xiaotian Zhang , Xiaowei Zhang , Xiaowei Zhang , Yunjian Zhang , Zhizhan Zhang , Zhen Zhang , Chong Zhao , Qingchuan Zhao , Wanni Zhao , Wenzhi Zhang , Yan Zhao , Jin Zheng , Zhichao Zheng , Chunling Zhou , Fuxiang Zhou , Jianping Zhou , Lan Zhou , Yanbing Zhou , Cuifeng Zhu , Qiankun Zhu , Wenjie Zhu , Chengle Zhuang , Wenlei Zhuo 
Published: February 2025

Abstract
Malnutrition in cancer patients is the result of a variety of factors. Decreased intake, absorption disorders, metabolic disorders and increased REE are the main causes of malnutrition. The incidence of malnutrition in cancer patients is higher than that in patients with benign diseases, and the consequences are more serious. Malnourished cancer patients have more comorbidities and complications, higher medical costs, shorter survival times, and decreased tolerance and sensitivity to tumor-control therapy. Therefore, cancer patients are in greater need of nutrition therapy, which should become a necessary basic treatment and a first-line treatment for cancer. NST should be the core member of the multidisciplinary integrated treatment [multidisciplinary treatment (MDT) to holistic integrative management (HIM)] of cancer.