New trends in nutritional status assessment of cancer patients

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 469-480

  Andreoli, Angela ^a   De Lorenzo, A ^a   Cadeddu, F ^a   Iacopino, L ^a   Grande, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body composition; Cancer; Cancer cachexia; DXA BIA; Malnutrition; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FLUID; CACHEXIA; CANCER PATIENT; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; ONCOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURGICAL PATIENT; IMPEDANCE; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; BODY COMPOSITION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 79960977500     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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