Proportional weight loss in six months as a risk factor for mortality in stage IV non-small cell lung cancer

Proportional weight loss in six months as a risk factor for mortality in stage IV non-small cell lung cancer

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate different weight loss (WL) cut-off points as prognostic markers of 3-month survival after diagnosis of stage IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Methods: This was a prospective study involving 104 patients with metastatic (stage IV) NSCLC who were admitted to a c...

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Main Authors: Guilherme Watte, Claudia Helena de Abreu Nunes, Luzielio Alves Sidney-Filho, Matheus Zanon, Stephan Philip Leonhardt Altmayer, Gabriel Sartori Pacini, Marcelo Barros, Ana Luiza Schneider Moreira, Rafael José Vargas Alves, Alice de Medeiros Zelmanowicz, Bashir Mnene Matata, Jose da Silva Moreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia
Series:Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
Subjects:
Weight loss
Carcinoma, non-small-cell lung
Prognosis
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-37132018000600505&lng=en&tlng=en

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