Validation of the Consensus-Definition for Cancer Cachexia and evaluation of a classification model-a study based on data from an international multicentre project (EPCRC-CSA)

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1635-1642

  Blum, David ^a,b   Stene, G B ^a,b   Solheim, T S ^a,b   Fayers, P ^a,c   Hjermstad, M J ^a,d   Baracos, V E ^e   Fearon, K ^f   Strasser, F ^a,g   Kaasa, S ^a,b   Lieve, Van den Block ^h   Koen, Meeussen ^h   Sarah, Brearley ^l   Augusto, Caraceni ⁿ   Joachim, Cohen ^h   Massimo, Costantini ^o   Anneke, Francke ⁱ   Richard, Harding ^j,k   Higginson, Irene J ^j,k   Stein, Kaasa ^m   Karen, Linden ^r   Guido, Miccinesi ^p   Bregje, Onwuteaka Philipsen ⁱ   Koen, Pardon ^h   Roeline, Pasman ⁱ   Sophie, Pautex ^q   Sheila, Payne ^l   Luc, Deliens ^h,i   more..

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^h GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

ⁱ VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^j KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k Cicely Saunders International   (United Kingdom)

^l LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^m NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

ⁿ EAPC Research Network   (Norway)

^o UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^p CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^q EUGMS European Union Geriatric Medicine Society   (Switzerland)

^r Springer Science and Business Media   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Cachexia; Cancer; Classification; Validation

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CACHEXIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOSS OF APPETITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LUNG CANCER; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SURVIVAL TIME; VALIDATION STUDY; ALGORITHM; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; CONSENSUS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASMS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CACHEXIA; CONSENSUS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84905178654     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdu086     Document Type: Article

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