Importance of nutritional screening in treatment of cancer-related weight loss

Weight loss is common in patients with cancer. Many factors, such as physiological abnormalities, response to the tumour, and treatment, contribute to this weight loss. Cancer-related weight loss affects a patient's response to treatment, as well as survival and quality of life. Several nutriti...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The lancet oncology 2005-05, Vol.6 (5), p.334-343
Hauptverfasser:	Huhmann, Maureen B, Cunningham, Regina S
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anorexia Cachexia - etiology Cachexia - therapy Cancer therapies Disease Health surveys Humans Malnutrition Metabolism Mitochondria Neoplasms - physiopathology Nutrition Assessment Nutritional Status Parenteral Nutrition Patients Physiology Proteins Quality of Life Questionnaires Weight Loss
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