Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Malnutrition affects 30-50% of patients with hematological malignancies; it is due to the disease itself, the treatment-related catabolic process and chemo-or radio-therapy side effects (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and mucositis). Patients with poor nutritional status have increased morbidity (treatment complications, infections, mucositis) and mortality.AimTo evaluate the nutritional status of all patients that underwent hematopoietic stem ce...