Abstract:The present work aimed to study the relation between weight loss (WL) and clinicalpathologic factors in patients under chemotherapy treatment. It was a longitudinal observational study performed with patients assisted in an oncological ambulatory. The sample was composed of 402 patients, with an average age of 58.4 ± 13.6 years, of which 56.5% were women, and 51.7% were elderly. Regarding tumor localization, 12.9% were found in the head and neck, 22.6% in the breast, 10.2% in the lungs, 29.4% in the gastrointe… Show more
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