Does dietary counseling improve quality of life in cancer patients? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Supportive Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 234-237

  Halfdanarson, Thorvardur R ^a   Thordardottir, Eyglo O ^b   West, Colin P ^c   Jatoi, Aminah ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALNUTRITION; META ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH CANCER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

COUNSELING; DIET; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 45249094552     PISSN: 15446794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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