Unfavorable impact of cancer cachexia on activity of daily living and need for inpatient care in elderly patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer in Japan: a prospective longitudinal observational study

BACKGROUND: Cancer cachexia in elderly patients may substantially impact physical function and medical dependency. The aim of this study was to estimate the impact of cachexia on activity of daily living (ADL), length of hospital stay, and inpatient medical costs among elderly patients with advanced...

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Autores principales: Naito, Tateaki, Okayama, Taro, Aoyama, Takashi, Ohashi, Takuya, Masuda, Yoshiyuki, Kimura, Madoka, Shiozaki, Hitomi, Murakami, Haruyasu, Kenmotsu, Hirotsugu, Taira, Tetsuhiko, Ono, Akira, Wakuda, Kazushige, Imai, Hisao, Oyakawa, Takuya, Ishii, Takeshi, Omori, Shota, Nakashima, Kazuhisa, Endo, Masahiro, Omae, Katsuhiro, Mori, Keita, Yamamoto, Nobuyuki, Tanuma, Akira, Takahashi, Toshiaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5706408/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29183277
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-017-3795-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5706408/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29183277
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-017-3795-2

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