European Journal of Cancer
Volume 42, Issue 15 , Pages 2504-2509 , October 2006

Failure of dietetic referral in patients with gastrointestinal cancer and weight loss

  • C. Baldwin

      Affiliations

    • Division of Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster Campus, Imperial College London, 369 Fulham Road, London SW10 9NH, United Kingdom
    • Department of Medicine, Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ, United Kingdom
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  • C. McGough

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ, United Kingdom
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  • A.R. Norman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Computing, Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ, United Kingdom
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  • G.S. Frost

      Affiliations

    • School of Biomedical and Molecular Science, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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  • D.C. Cunningham

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ, United Kingdom
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  • H.J.N. Andreyev

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel.: +44 20 7808 2105; fax: +44 20 7351 2477.

Received 11 April 2006 ,Revised 2 May 2006 ,Accepted 5 May 2006.

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PII: S0959-8049(06)00520-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2006.05.028

European Journal of Cancer
Volume 42, Issue 15 , Pages 2504-2509 , October 2006