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Studies from Vrije University have provided new data on weight loss
Published in Cancer Weekly, January 11th, 2011
2011 JAN 11 -- According to a study from Netherlands, "Although patients with early stage (T1/T2) laryngeal cancer (LC) are thought to have a low incidence of malnutrition, severe weight loss is observed in a subgroup of these patients during radiotherapy (RI). The objective of this study was to evaluate weight loss and nutrition-related symptoms in patients with T1/T2 LC during RI and to select predictive factors for early identification of malnourished patients."
"Of all patients with T1/T2 LC, who received primary RI between 1999 and 2007, the following characteristics were recorded: sex, age, TNM classification, tumour location, radiation schedule,...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2011-01-11)
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