A double blind placebo controlled trial of medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) in cancer cachexia.

Patients with breast cancer treated with MPA often report an improvement in appetite. Similar appetite stimulation is seen in patients treated with some corticosteroids, but MPA has a potential advantage over these drugs in that it does not exert a catabolic effect. MPA (100 mg tds orally) has there...

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Main Authors: Downer, S., Joel, S., Allbright, A., Plant, H., Stubbs, L., Talbot, D., Slevin, M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: 1993
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1968469/