Prealbumin is a more sensitive marker than albumin to assess the nutritional status in patients undergoing radiotherapy for head and neck cancer

Wspolczesna Onkologia

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 276-280

  Unal, Dilek ^a   Orhan, Okan ^a   Eroglu, Celalettin ^a   Kaplan, Bunyamin ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Albumin; Head and neck cancer; Malnutrition; Prealbumin; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CISPLATIN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PREALBUMIN; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NAUSEA; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIATION DERMATITIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84880073463     PISSN: 14282526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/wo.2013.35281     Document Type: Article

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