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Plasma growth differentiation factor 15 is associated with weight loss and mortality in cancer patients

BACKGROUND: Cancer-related weight loss is associated with increased inflammation and decreased survival. The novel inflammatory mediator growth differentiation factor (GDF)15 is associated with poor prognosis in cancer but its role in cancer-related weight loss (C-WL) remains unclear. Our objective...

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Autores principales: Lerner, Lorena, Hayes, Teresa G, Tao, Nianjun, Krieger, Brian, Feng, Bin, Wu, Zhenhua, Nicoletti, Richard, Chiu, M Isabel, Gyuris, Jeno, Garcia, Jose M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4670740/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26672741
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12033