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Prevalence and Factors Associated with Undernutrition on Cancer Patients at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study

2021-06-07

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<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>Background </bold>Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the world and it is considered that every fourth person dies of it. Under-nutrition is most commonly seen in cancer patients with some types of solid tumors, various chronic diseases, as well as in older persons and young children. This can result in longer hospital stay, reduced response to therapies, increased com...

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Literature Corpus work: b93bc08b-3518-5944-a552-5d1dd7e884eb
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-138814/v2

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