Diagnostic Criteria for the Classification of Cancer-Associated Weight Loss

Martin, Lisa; Sénesse, Pierre; Gioulbasanis, Ioannis; Antoun, S.; Bozzetti, Federico; Deans, Chris; Strasser, Florian; Thoresen, Lene; Thomas Jagoe, R.; Chasen, Martin; Lundholm, Kent; Bosæus, Ingvar; Fearon, Kenneth; E. Baracos, Vickie

doi:10.1200/jco.2014.56.1894

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Diagnostic Criteria for the Classification of Cancer-Associated Weight Loss

Published in Journal of Clinical Oncology • Nov 25, 2014

Authors:

Lisa Martin

Pierre Sénesse

Ioannis Gioulbasanis

Abstract

PURPOSE: Existing definitions of clinically important weight loss (WL) in patients with cancer are unclear and heterogeneous and do not consider current trends toward obesity. METHODS: Canadian and European patients with cancer (n = 8,160) formed a population-based data set. Body mass index (BMI) an...

Subject

Medicine

Body mass index

Obesity

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