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Defining the clinical condition of cancer patients: it is time to switch from performance status to nutritional status

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  1. Department of Medical Oncology, Cochin Teaching Hospital, AP-HP, Paris Descartes University, 27, rue du faubourg Saint Jacques, 75014, Paris, France

    Anatole Cessot, Romain Coriat, Jean-Philippe Durand, Olivier Mir, Christine Mateus, Wulfran Cacheux & François Goldwasser

  2. Department of Gastroenterology and Clinical Nutrition, Teaching Hospital of Nice, Nice, France

    Xavier Hebuterne

  3. Department of Pneumology, Teaching Hospital of Tours, Tours, France

    Etienne Lemarie

  4. Department of Hematology, Teaching Hospital of Lyon, Lyon, France

    Mauricette Michallet

  5. Department of ENT, Teaching Hospital of Nantes, Nantes, France

    Claude Beauvillain de Montreuil

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Cessot, A., Hebuterne, X., Coriat, R. et al. Defining the clinical condition of cancer patients: it is time to switch from performance status to nutritional status. Support Care Cancer 19, 869–870 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-011-1122-z

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