Weight loss in cancer patients: A plea for a better awareness of the issue

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 301-309

  Mariani, Luigi ^a   Lo Vullo, Salvatore ^a   Bozzetti, Federico ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer cachexia; Neoplasm; Nomogram; Nutritional support; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SOLID TUMOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; ANOREXIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NOMOGRAMS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84855206601     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-010-1075-7     Document Type: Article

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