Malnutrition screening programs in adult cancer patients: Clinical practice is hungry for evidence

Current Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Biggs, Karen ^a  

^a JURAVINSKI CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MALNUTRITION SCREENING TOOL; MINI NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT GENERATED SUBJECTIVE GLOBAL ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBJECTIVE GLOBAL ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

EID: 84867089773     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17187729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3747/co.19.1006     Document Type: Article

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