Effects of megestrol acetate in patients with cancer anorexia-cachexia syndrome - A systematic review and meta-analysis

Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 636-644

  Leśniak, Wiktoria ^a,b   Bała, Małgorzata ^a,b   Jaeschke, Roman ^b,c   Krzakowski, Maciej ^d  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b Polish Institute of Evidence Based Medicine   (Poland)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anorexia cachexia syndrome; Cachexia; Cancer; Megestrol acetate; Neoplasm

Indexed keywords

CISAPRIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DRONABINOL; FLUOXYMESTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; MEGESTROL ACETATE; PLACEBO;

ADVANCED CANCER; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; CANCER ANOREXIA CACHEXIA SYNDROME; CANCER MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; INCREASED APPETITE; LEG EDEMA; META ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 57149103938     PISSN: 00323772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20452/pamw.510     Document Type: Article

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