Nutritional Habits and Body Mass Index in the Elderly Population: Can This Information Be Useful Before Planning Chemotherapy Administration in Older Cancer Patients?

Silvio Monfardini Division of Medical Oncology, Istituto Oncologico Veneto-IOV IRCCS, Padova, Italy; Italian Association for Tumors in the Elderly-AIOTE, Venezia, Italy

Umberto Basso Division of Medical Oncology, Istituto Oncologico Veneto-IOV IRCCS, Padova, Italy; Italian Association for Tumors in the Elderly-AIOTE, Venezia, Italy

Giuseppe Sergi Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Padova, Italy

Lazzaro Repetto Italian Association for Tumors in the Elderly-AIOTE, Venezia, Italy; Division of Medical Oncology, Istituto Nazionale di Ricovero e Cura per Anziani, Roma, Italy

Paolo Santurri Social and Economical Research Cooperative-CODRES, Roma, Italy

Marco Trabucchi University Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy

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The authors wish to thank Dr Alberto Bortolami for help in the preparation of the manuscript and Sanofi Aventis for financial support.

Notes

^a N = 986. Abbreviation is as follows: BMI, body mass index.

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