Nutritional Status in Patients with Gastrointestinal Cancer in Comparison to Other Cancers in Shiraz, Southern Iran, A Case Control Study

Background: Malnutrition leads to decreased survival rate, quality of life and the response to treatment and increases the risk of mortality in patients with cancer. Clinical evaluation is essential for ontime detection and treatment of malnutrition in these patients. On the other hand, patients wit...

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Main Authors: Sanaz Jamshidi, Najmeh Hejazi, Ali Reza Zimorovat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2018-03-01
Series:International Journal of Nutrition Sciences
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Online Access:http://ijns.sums.ac.ir/index.php/IJNS/article/view/71