Predictors of weight loss during radiotherapy in patients with stage I or II head and neck cancer

Cancer

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2275-2283

  Nourissat, Alice ^a   Bairati, Isabelle ^a   Samson, Elodie ^a   Fortin, André ^a   Gélinas, Michel ^b   Nabid, Abdenour ^c   Brochet, François ^d   Têtu, Bernard ^e   Meyer, François ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d Sagamie Hospital   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Nutrition; Predictors; Radiotherapy; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ODYNOPHAGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BODY WEIGHT; COMORBIDITY; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DIET; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77951427182     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25041     Document Type: Article

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