Meta-analysis finds nutrition counseling improves quality of life in adults with cancer

Published 7 November 2026, the systematic review pooled outcomes for 1668 adult cancer patients.

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A systematic review and meta-analysis on the effects of nutrition counseling on quality of life for adults with cancer was published 7 November 2026. The work appears in Quality of Life Research, and is indexed on PubMed under identifier 42998187.^[1] The analysis included a total sample of 1668 participants. Authors estimated effect sizes as standardized mean differences using Hedges' g with small-sample correction. Results were pooled using a DerSimonian-Laird random-effects model. The pooled effect of nutrition counseling on quality of life was SMD 0.71, with 95% confidence intervals from 0.35 to 1.07. The finding reached statistical significance at p < 0.001. Substantial heterogeneity was observed across included studies. Reported I² was 88.7%.

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"Effects of nutrition counseling on quality of life in adults with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis." published in Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation as a meta-analysis (PubMed 42998187, doi 10.1007/s11136-026-04428-0). Sample: 1668 as stated in the abstract. Results as the authors report them: Effect sizes were estimated as standardized mean differences (SMDs) using Hedges' g with small-sample correct · PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov, read by the New studies instrument · the fact recordUnited Statesofficial source

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