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Plasma MIC-1 correlates with systemic inflammation but is not an independent determinant of nutritional status or survival in oesophago-gastric cancer

BACKGROUND: Macrophage inhibitory cytokine-1(MIC-1) is a potential modulator of systemic inflammation and nutritional depletion, both of which are adverse prognostic factors in oesophago-gastric cancer (OGC). METHODS: Plasma MIC-1, systemic inflammation (defined as plasma C-reactive protein (CRP) of...

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Autores principales: Skipworth, R J E, Deans, D A C, Tan, B H L, Sangster, K, Paterson-Brown, S, Brown, D A, Hunter, M, Breit, S N, Ross, J A, Fearon, K C H
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2837566/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20104227
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6605532