The purpose of this study is to determine how the STRONG intervention compares with usual care for reducing malnutrition among gastroesophageal cancer patients.
Participants must be 18 years of age or older
Participants must have locally advanced or metastatic gastroesophageal cancer (GEC)
Participants must plan to initiate chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy with a plan to have surgery or definitive treatment follow up at Moffitt
Participants must be able to speak and read Spanish and/or English
Participants have a documented or observable psychiatric or neurological disorder that would interfere with study participation (e.g. severe dementia)
Use of feeding tubes at the time of study enrollment
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Lead sponsor
United States Department of Defense
Collaborator