Weight loss and Cachexia in lung cancer

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• Performance status was evaluated with the Zubrod scale which, for adults, is as follows: 0 = normal, asymptomatic; 1 = mild limitation; 2 = part of day (50%) spent at rest; 3 = 50% to 99% of awake time spent in bed; 4 = bedridden.
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• This research was supported in part by the Margaret Duffy and Robert Cameron Troup Fund of the Buffalo General Hospital, Grant RD‐79 from the American Cancer Society and Contract #N01‐CP‐65834, DNCP, National Cancer Institute.
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