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Prognostic effect of weight loss prior tochemotherapy in cancer patients
The American Journal of Medicine · 1980 · Vol. 69(4) · pp. 491–497
William D. DeWys✉(National Cancer Institute)Colin B. Begg(National Cancer Institute)Philip T. Lavin(National Cancer Institute)Pierre R. Band(National Cancer Institute)John M. Bennett(National Cancer Institute)Joseph R. Bertino(National Cancer Institute)Martin H. Cohen(National Cancer Institute)Harold O. Douglass(National Cancer Institute)Paul F. Engstrom(National Cancer Institute)Ediz Z. Ezdinli(National Cancer Institute)John Horton(National Institutes of Health)Gerhard J. Johnson(National Institutes of Health)Charles G. Moertel(National Institutes of Health)Martin M. Oken(National Cancer Institute)Charles P. Perlia(National Cancer Institute)Charles Rosenbaum(National Institutes of Health)Murray N. Silverstein(National Cancer Institute)Roland T. Skeel(National Institutes of Health)Robert W. Sponzo(National Cancer Institute)Douglass C. Tormey(National Cancer Institute)
Nutrition and Health in AgingCancer Risks and FactorsMetabolism, Diabetes, and CancerMedicineWeight lossChemotherapyInternal medicineCancerPancreatic cancerGastroenterologyPerformance statusBreast cancerLymphoma
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Activities of Daily LivingBody WeightDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleHumansLeukemiaLymphomaMaleNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasmsPrognosis
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