Concurrent evolution of cancer cachexia and heart failure: bilateral effects exist

Cancer cachexia is defined as a multifactorial syndrome of involuntary weight loss characterized by an ongoing loss of skeletal muscle mass and progressive functional impairment. It is postulated that cardiac dysfunction/atrophy parallels skeletal muscle atrophy in cancer cachexia. Cardiotoxic chemo...

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Main Authors: Kazemi-Bajestani, Seyyed M. R., Becher, Harald, Fassbender, Konrad, Chu, Quincy, Baracos, Vickie E.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4053562/

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