Can anorexia predict patient satisfaction with quality of life in advanced cancer?

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-135

  Lis, Christopher G ^a   Gupta, Digant ^a   Grutsch, James F ^a  

^a CANCER TREATMENT CENTERS OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anorexia; Cancer; Quality of life; Supportive care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANOREXIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149093943     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-008-0447-8     Document Type: Article

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