Changes in nutritional status associated with unresectable pancreatic cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 106-109

  Wigmore, S J ^a   Plester, C E ^a   Richardson, R A ^a   Fearon, K C H ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer cachexia; Nutritional status; Pancreatic cancer

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CACHEXIA; CANCER MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0031012340     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1997.17     Document Type: Article

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