The scored patient-generated subjective global assessment (PG-SGA) and its association with quality of life in ambulatory patients receiving radiotherapy

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 305-309

  Isenring, E ^a,b   Bauer, J ^a,b   Capra, S ^b  

^a Wesley Research Institute   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Nutritional assessment; Outcome measures; Quality of life; Scored patient generated subjective global assessment

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; HEAD CANCER; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NECK CANCER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ONCOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM CANCER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037329877     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601552     Document Type: Article

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