Upper gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with advanced cancer: Relationship to nutritional and performance status

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1317-1324

  Bovio, G ^a   Montagna, G ^a   Bariani, C ^b   Baiardi, P ^b  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Nutritional status; Palliative care; Performance status; Upper gastrointestinal symptoms

Indexed keywords

PREALBUMIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSGEUSIA; DYSPHAGIA; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HICCUP; HUMAN; HYPOGEUSIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 70349336435     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-009-0590-x     Document Type: Article

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