Pretreatment weight status and weight loss among head and neck cancer patients receiving definitive concurrent chemoradiation therapy: Implications for nutrition integrated treatment pathways

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2825-2833

  Platek, Mary E ^a,b   Myrick, Elizabeth ^a   McCloskey, Susan A ^c   Gupta, Vishal ^a   Reid, Mary E ^a   Wilding, Gregory E ^d   Cohan, David ^a   Arshad, Hassan ^a   Rigual, Nestor R ^a   Hicks, Wesley L ^a   Sullivan, Maureen ^a   Warren, Graham W ^a   Singh, Anurag K ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Nutrition; Nutrition status; Quality of life; Radiation therapy; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER GROWTH; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84884289015     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-1861-0     Document Type: Article

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