Validation of the head and neck patient symptom checklist as a nutrition impact symptom assessment tool for head and neck cancer patients

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-34

  Schmidt, Karmen N ^a,b   Olson, Kärin ^a   Kubrak, Catherine ^a   Parliament, Matthew ^a   Ghosh, Sunita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dietary intake; Head and neck cancer; PG SGA; Symptoms; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER STAGING; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIETARY INTAKE; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK PATIENT SYMPTOM CHECKLIST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; ALBERTA; CACHEXIA; CHECKLIST; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84874111486     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-012-1483-y     Document Type: Article

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