Prevalence and influence of malnutrition on quality of life and performance status in patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer before treatment

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 433-437

  Capuano, Giorgio ^a   Gentile, Pier Carlo ^a   Bianciardi, Federico ^a   Tosti, Michela ^a   Palladino, Anna ^a   Palma, Mario Di ^a  

^a FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Malnutrition; Nutritional support; Performance status; Quality of life; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PREALBUMIN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; DIETARY INTAKE; EARLY INTERVENTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADOLESCENT; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; NEOPLASM STAGING; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952502890     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-009-0681-8     Document Type: Article

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