Unfavorable impact of cancer cachexia on activity of daily living and need for inpatient care in elderly patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer in Japan: a prospective longitudinal observational study

BACKGROUND: Cancer cachexia in elderly patients may substantially impact physical function and medical dependency. The aim of this study was to estimate the impact of cachexia on activity of daily living (ADL), length of hospital stay, and inpatient medical costs among elderly patients with advanced...

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Pubblicato in:BMC Cancer
Autori principali: Naito, Tateaki, Okayama, Taro, Aoyama, Takashi, Ohashi, Takuya, Masuda, Yoshiyuki, Kimura, Madoka, Shiozaki, Hitomi, Murakami, Haruyasu, Kenmotsu, Hirotsugu, Taira, Tetsuhiko, Ono, Akira, Wakuda, Kazushige, Imai, Hisao, Oyakawa, Takuya, Ishii, Takeshi, Omori, Shota, Nakashima, Kazuhisa, Endo, Masahiro, Omae, Katsuhiro, Mori, Keita, Yamamoto, Nobuyuki, Tanuma, Akira, Takahashi, Toshiaki
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: BioMed Central 2017
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5706408/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29183277
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-017-3795-2
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