Impact of Nutritional Status on the Survival of Lung Cancer Patients

Chinese Medical Journal (Taipei)

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 134-140

  Lai, Shinn Liang ^a,b   Perng, Reury Perng ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Nutritional status; Performance status; Prognostic factor; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 2442598216     PISSN: 05781337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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