Dronabinol versus megestrol acetate versus combination therapy for cancer-associated anorexia: A North Central Cancer Treatment Group study

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 567-573

  Jatoi, Aminah ^a   Windschitl, Harold E ^a   Loprinzi, Charles L ^a   Sloan, Jeff A ^a   Dakhil, Shaker R ^a   Mailliard, James A ^a   Pundaleeka, Sarode ^a   Kardinal, Carl G ^a   Fitch, Tom R ^a   Krook, James E ^a   Novotny, Paul J ^a   Christensen, Brad ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DRONABINOL; MEGESTROL ACETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FLUID RETENTION; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; ANOREXIA; APPETITE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MEGESTROL ACETATE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0037080279     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.20.2.567     Document Type: Article

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