Changes in nutritional status, body composition, quality of life, and physical activity levels of cancer patients undergoing autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation
- Hung, Yun-Chi
- Bauer, Judith
- Horsley, Pamela
- Waterhouse, Mary
- Bashford, John
- Isenring, Elisabeth
Publication date
June 2013
DOI Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC ISSN
0941-4355 Citation count (estimate)
16Abstract
This pilot exploratory study aimed to describe the changes in nutritional status, body composition, quality of life (QoL), and physical activity levels (PAL) of cancer patients undergoing high-dose conditioning and autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) at pre-admission, hospital discharge, and at 100 days post-transplantation, and to examine if changes in these parameters are interrelated
Add to ORKG