Malnutrition assessment in patients with cancers of the head and neck: A call to action and consensus

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 459-476

  Dechaphunkul, Tanadech ^a,c   Martin, Lisa ^a   Alberda, Cathy ^b   Olson, Karin ^a   Baracos, Vickie ^a   Gramlich, Leah ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cachexia; Head and neck cancer; Malnutrition; Nutrition; Nutrition support

Indexed keywords

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CACHEXIA; DIETARY INTAKE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENTERIC FEEDING; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METABOLIC DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT INDICATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ASSESSMENT; CACHEXIA; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION; NUTRITION SUPPORT;

BODY COMPOSITION; DIET; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NEOPLASM STAGING; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION THERAPY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84885844540     PISSN: 10408428     EISSN: 18790461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2013.06.003     Document Type: Review

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