Weight loss cutoff level as a key variable related to death risk among advanced lung cancer patients

G. Watte, C. Helena de Abreu Nunes, R. Guidotti Tonietto, A. de Medeiros Zelmanowicz, A. Fabiano Ferreira Filho, J. Carlos Prolla, J. da Silva Moreira (Porto Alegre, Brazil)

Source: International Congress 2014 – Epidemiology, pathogenesis and quality management of thoracic tumours
Session: Epidemiology, pathogenesis and quality management of thoracic tumours
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2742
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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