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This study investigated the impact of severe malnutrition, defined as over 10% weight loss in the 6 months before diagnosis, on short-term mortality and overall survival in 383 patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. 28 patients (7.3%) had severe malnutrition. All factors except gender and prior tumors significantly impacted overall survival on univariate analysis. Multivariate analysis found severe malnutrition independently increased the relative risk of death by 1.8, similar to other poor pr

Author

Carmen Castillo Requena

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EN