title: Cancer-related weight loss.
authors.affiliation: Nutrition Services, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. jjpalombine@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Palombine
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000855:Anorexia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002100:Cachexia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D003082:Colectomy; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019290:Megestrol Acetate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009325:Nausea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009752:Nutritional Status; D018529:Nutritional Support / Q000379:methods; D009859:Oncology Nursing; D014839:Vomiting / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D015431:Weight Loss
chemical_list: D019290:Megestrol Acetate