Weight loss in cancer patients: a plea for a better awareness of the issue

Purpose Although weight loss is of both prognostic and predictive relevance in oncologic patients, its assessment is often neglected. Aims of the present investigation were to define the prevalence and severity of weight loss in adult outpatients with a variety of solid tumors, and determine the ass...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Supportive care in cancer 2012-02, Vol.20 (2), p.301-309
Hauptverfasser:	Mariani, Luigi, Lo Vullo, Salvatore, Bozzetti, Federico
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Analysis Anorexia - epidemiology Anorexia - etiology Body weight Cancer Cancer patients Care and treatment Changes Cross-Sectional Studies Databases, Factual Fatigue - epidemiology Fatigue - etiology Female Health aspects Humans Logistic Models Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Middle Aged Neoplasms - complications Neoplasms - pathology Neoplasms - therapy Nomograms Nursing Nursing Research Nutrition Nutritional Status Nutritional Support - methods Oncology Original Article Pain Medicine Prevalence Prospective Studies Quality of Life Regression Analysis Rehabilitation Medicine Weight Weight Loss
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