Patients' rationale for declining participation in a cancer-associated weight loss study

Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 121-125

  Wanger, Tammy ^a   Foster, Nathan R ^b   Nguyen, Phuong L ^b   Jatoi, Aminah ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Accrual; Clinical research; Clinical trial; Decline; Nutrition; Patient enrollment; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEALTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; SCIENTIST; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84902544336     PISSN: 21905991     EISSN: 21906009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13539-014-0128-z     Document Type: Article

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