Hepatocellular carcinoma patients suffer from different degrees of malnutrition due to decreased appetite and eating,which triggers anorexia and even cachexia,seriously affecting the quality of patient survival.Appetite assessment is the basis for reducing nutritional risk,and healthcare professionals can adjust patients'diet and nutritional guidance measures through the assessment of appetite symptoms in order to improve patients'nutritional status and survival quality.In this paper,the current status of the assessment tools,methods and interventions of appetite in malnutrition patients with hepatocellular carcinoma are described to provide a scientific basis for appetite interventions.
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