Nutritional status is a predictor of outcome in cancer patients, irrespective of stage

Intern Emerg Med. 2017 Feb;12(1):135-136. doi: 10.1007/s11739-016-1539-y. Epub 2016 Sep 17.

Authors

Alessandro Laviano¹, Filippo Rossi Fanelli²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Medicine, Sapienza University, viale dell'Università 37, 00185, Rome, Italy. alessandro.laviano@uniroma1.it.
² Department of Clinical Medicine, Sapienza University, viale dell'Università 37, 00185, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 27639876
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-016-1539-y

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Cachexia / complications
Humans
Neoplasms / mortality*
Nutritional Status*
Prognosis*