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Prevalence and influence of malnutrition on quality of life and performance status in patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer before treatment

✍ Scribed by Giorgio Capuano; Pier Carlo Gentile; Federico Bianciardi; Michela Tosti; Anna Palladino; Mario Di Palma

Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Weight: 101 KB
Volume: 18
Category: Article
ISSN: 0941-4355
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-009-0681-8

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