Impact of Weight Loss in Patients with Head and Neck Carcinoma Undergoing Radiotherapy: is It an Underestimated Phenomenon? A Radiation Oncologist's Perspective

Overview

Journal Eur J Clin Nutr

Specialty Nutritional Sciences

Date 2015 Apr 30

PMID 25920425

Citations 7

Authors

J Cacicedo

A Dal Pra

F Alongi

A Navarro

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