Malnutrition in rectal cancer patients receiving preoperative chemoradiotherapy is common and associated with treatment tolerability and anastomotic leakage

摘要

PurposeThis study assessed the incidence of malnutrition caused by preoperative chemoradiotherapy (CRT) in rectal cancer patients, which is seemingly underestimated; however, malnutrition affects treatment tolerability, postoperative complications, including anastomotic leakage (AL), and oncological outcomes.