The Functional Assessment of Anorexia/Cachexia Therapy (FAACT) appetite scale in veteran cancer patients

Journal of Supportive Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 377-382

  Chang, Victor T ^a   Xia, Qi ^b   Kasimis, Basil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN; MORPHINE; OPIATE; SODIUM;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANOREXIA; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONCOLOGY; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SOLDIER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANOREXIA; APPETITE; CACHEXIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 26844561209     PISSN: 15446794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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