Inflammation reduces the effect of nutritional therapy on clinical outcomes in cancer patients

We agree with the comments of Dr. Arends and colleagues1 regarding the exploratory nature of our report that was based on a secondary analysis of a randomized trial and needs prospective validation in an independent sample of cancer patients.2 Herein, we believe that our results may provide a strong rationale for such trials that will be helpful to further improve the understanding of nutritional care in cancer patients. The heterogeneity of...