Weight loss in head and neck cancer patients little noticed in general practice

Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-21

  van Wayenburg, Caroline A M ^a   Rasmussen Conrad, Ellen L ^a   van den Berg, Manon G A ^a   Merkx, Matthias A W ^a   van Staveren, Wija A ^b   van Weel, Chris ^a   van Binsbergen, Jaap J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cachexia; Family practice; Follow up studies; Head and neck neoplasms; Humans; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIET THERAPY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CACHEXIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77957270717     PISSN: 11726164     EISSN: 11726156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/hc10016     Document Type: Article

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