Appetite and its association with mortality in patients with advanced cancer – a Post-hoc Analysis from the Palliative D-study

Appetite and its association with mortality in patients with advanced cancer – a Post-hoc Analysis from the Palliative D-study

Abstract Background Loss of appetite is a common nutrition symptom in patients with cancer. Understanding the trajectory of appetite could be of clinical use for prognostication in palliative cancer care. Our primary aim was to explore the association between self-assessed appetite and mortality in...

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Main Authors: Charlotte Goodrose-Flores, Stephanie E. Bonn, Caritha Klasson, Maria Helde Frankling, Ylva Trolle Lagerros, Linda Björkhem-Bergman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-10-01
Series:BMC Palliative Care
Subjects:
Cancer
Palliative care
Appetite
Survival
Albumin
Fatigue
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-023-01287-1

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