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Chemotherapy Toxicity Correlates With Nutritional Factors in Solid Tumors

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An association was found between a lower risk of grade 3 or higher chemotherapy toxicity with higher body mass indexes and normal albumin, a protein made in the liver, levels in older adult patients with solid tumors, according to an analysis of a prospective, multicenter study.

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It is always better to have a normal albumin level of ~4.5 or higher. Men who have levels less than 4.0 do poorly in all settings.

Albumin levels are affected by inflamation, a treatable condition.

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