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Nurses held the view that their role required them to assess for cancer cachexia, but they did not feel confident in doing so. In addition, they lacked knowledge of reversible "cancer cachexia;" hence, the assessments were not routinely completed. Education on these topics and the development and standardization of tools to assess or collaborate with other professions are required.
Sato et al. (Thu,) studied this question.