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Post‐diagnosis weight loss as a prognostic factor in non‐small cell lung cancer

BACKGROUND: Cachexia and its most visible manifestation, weight loss, represent important poor prognostic factors for patients with non‐small cell lung cancer. This work examines how severity of weight loss as an indicator of cachexia affects outcomes. METHODS: In a retrospective observational study...

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Autores principales: Mytelka, Daniel S., Li, Li, Benoit, Karin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5803614/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29205930
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12253