Failure of dietetic referral in patients with gastrointestinal cancer and weight loss

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 42, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 2504-2509

  Baldwin, C ^a,b   McGough, C ^b   Norman, A R ^b   Frost, G S ^c   Cunningham, D C ^b   Andreyev, H J N ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal cancer; Nutritional screening; Outpatients; Referral to dietitian; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETETICS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; NUTRITION; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BODY MASS INDEX; DIETETICS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 33749121808     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2006.05.028     Document Type: Article

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