Dietary treatment of weight loss in patients with advanced cancer and cachexia: A systematic literature review

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 210-221

  Balstad, Trude R ^a   Solheim, Tora S ^a,b   Strasser, Florian ^c   Kaasa, Stein ^a,b   Bye, Asta ^d,e  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Kantonsspital St Gallen Division of Oncology Haematology   (Switzerland)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cachexia; Cancer; Dietary counseling; Energy intake; Nutritional status; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADVANCED CANCER; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; CACHEXIA; CALORIC INTAKE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY COMPLIANCE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FAT FREE MASS; FOOD INTAKE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MESOTHELIOMA; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STOMACH CANCER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX CANCER; VITAMIN INTAKE; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; COMPLICATION; NEOPLASM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

CACHEXIA; ENERGY INTAKE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 84903468367     PISSN: 10408428     EISSN: 18790461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2014.02.005     Document Type: Review

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