Emerging markers of cachexia predict survival in cancer patients

BACKGROUND: Cachexia may occur in 40% of cancer patients, representing the major cause of death in more than 20% of them. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of leptin, ghrelin and obestatin as diagnostic and predictive markers of cachexia in oncologic patients. Their impact on patient...

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Autores principales: Mondello, Patrizia, Lacquaniti, Antonio, Mondello, Stefania, Bolignano, Davide, Pitini, Vincenzo, Aloisi, Carmela, Buemi, Michele
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4239407/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25400234
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-14-828

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4239407/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25400234
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-14-828

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