Critical weight loss is a major prognostic indicator for disease-specific survival in patients with head and neck cancer receiving radiotherapy

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1093-1099

  Langius, J A E ^a   Bakker, S ^a   Rietveld, D H F ^a   Kruizenga, H M ^a   Langendijk, J A ^b   Weijs, P J M ^a   Leemans, C R ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

head and neck cancer; weight loss; radiotherapy; overall survival; disease specific survival; malnutrition

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883741938     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.458     Document Type: Article

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