Predictors for weight loss in head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy: A systematic review

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2015, Pages E37-E45

  Zhao, Jin Zhi ^a   Zheng, Hong ^a   Li, Li Ya ^a   Zhang, Li Yuan ^a   Zhao, Yue ^a   Jiang, Nan ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Predictor; Radiotherapy; Systematic review; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; UREA;

BODY MASS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; DYSPHAGIA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; XEROSTOMIA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY;

CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVERWEIGHT; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84945305960     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: 15389804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0000000000000231     Document Type: Review

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