Validity of the malnutrition screening tool as an effective predictor of nutritional risk in oncology outpatients receiving chemotherapy

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1152-1156

  Isenring, Elisabeth ^a,c   Cross, Giordana ^a,b   Daniels, Lynne ^a   Kellett, Elizabeth ^b   Koczwara, Bogda ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chemotherapy; Dietetics; Nutrition screening; Oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NURSING STAFF; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33751310692     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-006-0070-5     Document Type: Article

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