Screening for malnutrition in oral cavity cancer patients prior to treatment: a cross-sectional study Authors Haissan Iftikhar Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan Anwar Suhail Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan Amna Urooba Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan Karim Rizwan Nathani Final Year Student, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan Zeeshan Shaikh Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan Muhammad Wasif Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.243 Abstract Abstract This study was conducted to assess the frequency of pre-operative malnourishment in patients being treated for oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma. A retrospective chart review was carried out at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, on 62 patients. Patients were screened pre-operatively through a standard nutritional assessment tool at the time of admission to assess for malnutrition. Mean age of presentation was 48.34 ± 13.11 years, mean height was 165 ± 8.62cm, weight 66.09 ± 14.98 kg and BMI of 24.09 ± 4.84. Males were 82.3% and 17.7% were females. At the time of admission, a significant number or patients, 12 (19.4%) were prone to malnourishment, while 3 (4.8%) patients were malnourished: Assessment was done by using a standardised nutritional assessment tool. Keywords: Malnutrition, Squamous cell Carcinoma, Radiotherapy Continuous... Additional Files PDF Published 2020-10-14 How to Cite Haissan Iftikhar, Anwar Suhail, Amna Urooba, Karim Rizwan Nathani, Zeeshan Shaikh, & Muhammad Wasif. (2020). Screening for malnutrition in oral cavity cancer patients prior to treatment: a cross-sectional study. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.243 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue A Head of Print Section Short Communication