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Skeletal Muscle Depletion and Markers for Cancer Cachexia Are Strong Prognostic Factors in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

OBJECTIVE: Tumor cachexia is an important prognostic parameter in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). Tumor cachexia is characterized by metabolic and inflammatory disturbances. These conditions might be reflected by body composition measurements (BCMs) ascertained by pre-operative computed tomography...

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Autores principales: Aust, Stefanie, Knogler, Thomas, Pils, Dietmar, Obermayr, Eva, Reinthaller, Alexander, Zahn, Lisa, Radlgruber, Ilja, Mayerhoefer, Marius Erik, Grimm, Christoph, Polterauer, Stephan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4601693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26457674
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140403