David Blum

Summary

Affiliation: St. Gallen
Country: Switzerland

Publications

  1. ncbi Cancer cachexia: a systematic literature review of items and domains associated with involuntary weight loss in cancer
    David Blum
    Oncological Palliative Medicine, Division of Oncology Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine and Palliative Care Center, Cantonal Hospital, St Gallen, Switzerland
    Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 80:114-44. 2011
  2. ncbi Evolving classification systems for cancer cachexia: ready for clinical practice?
    David Blum
    Oncological Palliative Medicine, Division of Oncology Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine and Palliative Care Center, Cantonal Hospital, Switzerland
    Support Care Cancer 18:273-9. 2010
  3. ncbi Invasive palliative interventions: when are they worth it and when are they not?
    Florian Strasser
    Oncological Palliative Medicine, Division of Oncology Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine and Palliative Care Centre, Cantonal Hospital, St Gallen, Switzerland
    Cancer J 16:483-7. 2010
  4. ncbi Electronic monitoring of symptoms and syndromes associated with cancer: methods of a randomized controlled trial SAKK 95/06 E-MOSAIC
    David Blum
    Oncological Palliative Medicine, Section Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine and Palliative Care Centre, Cantonal Hospital St, Gallen, Rorschacherstrasse 95, St, Gallen 9007, Switzerland
    BMC Palliat Care 11:19. 2012

Detail Information

Publications4

  1. ncbi Cancer cachexia: a systematic literature review of items and domains associated with involuntary weight loss in cancer
    David Blum
    Oncological Palliative Medicine, Division of Oncology Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine and Palliative Care Center, Cantonal Hospital, St Gallen, Switzerland
    Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 80:114-44. 2011
    ..To support consensus processes towards an updated definition and classification system, we systematically reviewed the literature for items and domains associated with involuntary weight loss in cancer...
  2. ncbi Evolving classification systems for cancer cachexia: ready for clinical practice?
    David Blum
    Oncological Palliative Medicine, Division of Oncology Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine and Palliative Care Center, Cantonal Hospital, Switzerland
    Support Care Cancer 18:273-9. 2010
    ..Involuntary weight loss, the defining factor of cachexia, is a common consequence of advanced cancer...
  3. ncbi Invasive palliative interventions: when are they worth it and when are they not?
    Florian Strasser
    Oncological Palliative Medicine, Division of Oncology Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine and Palliative Care Centre, Cantonal Hospital, St Gallen, Switzerland
    Cancer J 16:483-7. 2010
    ..Oncologists may be competent to foster patients' participation in decision making and to use available specialist palliative care competencies and those of other professions...
  4. ncbi Electronic monitoring of symptoms and syndromes associated with cancer: methods of a randomized controlled trial SAKK 95/06 E-MOSAIC
    David Blum
    Oncological Palliative Medicine, Section Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine and Palliative Care Centre, Cantonal Hospital St, Gallen, Rorschacherstrasse 95, St, Gallen 9007, Switzerland
    BMC Palliat Care 11:19. 2012
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