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Nutritional assessment in geriatric cancer patients
Supportive Care in Cancer, 10/23/09
Vandewoude M – Nutritional assessment should be part of the routine preliminary evaluation of the older oncology patient. Difference should be made between assessment of risk and actual nutritional status, which should be assessed with specific malnutrition indices. Body weight assessment with specific attention to unintended weight loss is essential in this evaluation.
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