Open AccessNutritional status of cancer patients in chemotherapy; dietary intake, nitrogen balance and screening
Author(s) -
Ólöf Guðný Geirsdóttir,
Inga Þórsdóttir
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
food and nutrition research/food and nutrition research. supplement
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.041
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1654-6628
pISSN - 1654-661X
DOI - 10.3402/fnr.v52i0.1856
Subject(s) - medicine , malnutrition , underweight , weight loss , cancer , outpatient clinic , medical nutrition therapy , population , colorectal cancer , breast cancer , clinical nutrition , body mass index , overweight , environmental health , obesity
To evaluate a short screening sheet (SSM) for malnutrition and to investigate the nutritional status of patients receiving chemotherapy for cancer of the lungs, colon or breast at an outpatient clinic.