Mini-nutritional assessment predicts functional status and quality of life of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in Taiwan

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 543-549

  Hsu, Wei Chung ^a,b   Tsai, Alan C ^a,c   Chan, Shu Ching ^a   Wang, Po Ming ^b   Chung, Na Na ^c  

^a ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHENG CHING GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLOBAL FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GLOBAL QUALITY OF LIFE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT LONG FORM; MINI NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; MINI NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT SHORT FORM; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84861433653     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: 15327914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01635581.2012.675620     Document Type: Article

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