Role that anorexia and weight loss play in patients with stage IV lung cancer
J. bras. pneumol; 46 (4), 2020
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of anorexia and weight loss at diagnosis (pre-treatment), to identify the factors associated with pre-treatment weight loss, and to determine the prognostic role of anorexia and weight loss in the overall survival of patients with stage IV lung cancer. Met...
Anorexia/epidemiología, Anorexia/etiología, Caquexia/diagnóstico, Caquexia/etiología, Caquexia/mortalidad, Estudios de Cohortes, Neoplasias Pulmonares, Neoplasias Pulmonares/mortalidad, Estado de Ejecución de Karnofsky, Prevalencia, Estudios Retrospectivos, Pronóstico, Tasa de Supervivencia, Pérdida de Peso