Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 3 , Pages 263-268 , March 2010

Prevalence and risk factors of malnutrition among cancer patients according to tumor location and stage in the National Cancer Center in Korea

  • Gyung-Ah Wie, R.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Nutrition, National Cancer Center, Kyungki-Do, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Yeong-Ah Cho, R.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Nutrition, National Cancer Center, Kyungki-Do, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • So-Young Kim, R.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Nutrition, National Cancer Center, Kyungki-Do, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Soo-Min Kim, R.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Nutrition, National Cancer Center, Kyungki-Do, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Jae-Moon Bae, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Surgery, Center for Gastric Cancer, National Cancer Center, Kyungki-Do, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Hyojee Joung, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Public Health and Institute of Health and Environment, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82-2-740-8865; fax: +82-2-745-9104.

Received 24 October 2008 ,Accepted 17 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.04.013

Nutrition
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