Loss of weight and loss of appetite in advanced cancer: A problem for the patient, the carer, or the health professional?

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 499-506

  Poole, Karen ^a   Froggatt, Katherine ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anorexia; Appetite; Cachexia; Neoplasms; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; SYMPTOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANXIETY; APPETITE; CAREGIVERS; EATING DISORDERS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0036436948     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216302pm593oa     Document Type: Article

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