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Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology 1, 68–69 (1 December 2004) | doi:10.1038/ncponc0033

Can weight loss at presentation predict patient outcome in lung cancer?

Jennifer Temel

Ross PJ et al. (2004) Do patients with weight loss have a worse outcome when undergoing chemotherapy for lung cancers?|[nbsp]|Br J Cancer 90: 1905–1911 Synopsis Background Weight loss is a common symptom in patients with lung cancer and mesothelioma. Previous studies have suggested that weight loss at presentation may predict chemotherapy treatment outcome in patients with small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) and non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).