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Association between Growth Differentiation Factor-15 (GDF-15) Serum Levels, Anorexia and Low Muscle Mass among Cancer Patients

SIMPLE SUMMARY: In our study, the novel inflammatory cytokine Growth Differentiation Factor-15 (GDF-15) has been found elevated in patients with gastrointestinal and lung cancer and associated with anorexia. Patients with gastrointestinal cancer were found more anorexic (based on the FAACT score) an...

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Autores principales: Molfino, Alessio, Amabile, Maria Ida, Imbimbo, Giovanni, Rizzo, Veronica, Pediconi, Federica, Catalano, Carlo, Emiliani, Alessandra, Belli, Roberta, Ramaccini, Cesarina, Parisi, Claudia, Nigri, Giuseppe, Muscaritoli, Maurizio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7795323/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33396237
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers13010099