Proportional weight loss in six months as a risk factor for mortality in stage IV non-small cell lung cancer.
Guilherme WatteClaudia Helena de Abreu NunesLuziélio Alves Sidney FilhoMatheus ZanonStephan Philip Leonhardt AltmayerGabriel Sartori PaciniMarcelo Cardoso BarrosAna Luiza Schneider MoreiraRafael José Vargas AlvesAlice de Medeiros ZelmanowiczBashir Mnene MatataJose da Silva MoreiraPublished in: Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia (2019)
WL in the 6 months preceding the diagnosis of NSCLC is a relevant prognostic factor and appears to be directly proportional to the rate of survival at 3 months.