Calcium and Phosphatase Studies in Cancer of the Female Sex with a Consideration of Basal Metabolic Rate and Urine pH

Energy Metabolism in Gynecological Cancers: A Scoping Review

“…Selected articles were published between 1936 and 2012 and are summarized in Table 1 . Two of the included articles were cross-sectional studies [ 17 , 18 ], two reported on a longitudinal study [ 19 , 20 ], and one was an RCT [ 21 ].…”

“…Notably, different mean values of BMI were reported in the two studies by de la Maza et al; however, the source of discrepancy was unclear [ 19 , 20 ]. Data on participants’ weight or BMI were not provided in the study by Bowman et al [ 17 ].…”

“…The energy metabolism of women diagnosed with cervical ( n = 30) and ovarian ( n = 31) cancers was investigated at the individual level in the study by Dickerson et al [ 18 ], while mixed gynecological cancers were explored in the other four studies. Bowman et al studied women ( n = 38) with ovarian ( n = 2), cervical ( n = 27), tubal ( n = 1), uterine ( n = 5), vaginal ( n = 2), and vulvar ( n = 1) cancers [ 17 ]. Macciò et al included women ( n = 124) with advanced-stage gynecological cancers: ovarian ( n = 50), endometrial ( n = 49), and cervical ( n = 25) [ 21 ].…”

“…Of those, 14 patients had additionally received intracavitary radiotherapy after external radiation, and seven had undergone surgery (hysterectomy plus oophorectomy) prior to radiation [ 19 , 20 ]. Cancer treatment regimens were not reported in the studies by Dickerson et al and Bowman et al [ 17 , 18 ].…”

“…Dickerson et al studied patients receiving parenteral or enteral nutrition support with minimal (<500 kcal/day) or no ad libitum oral intake at the time of measurements [ 18 ]. Based on the nature of the assessments performed in the studies by de la Maza et al, Macciò et al, and Bowman et al, we inferred oral intake; however, we cannot determine if an alternative feeding route was also used [ 17 , 19 , 20 , 21 ].…”