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

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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Main Authors: Stefanie Aust, Thomas Knogler, Dietmar Pils, Eva Obermayr, Alexander Reinthaller, Lisa Zahn, Ilja Radlgruber, Marius Erik Mayerhoefer, Christoph Grimm, Stephan Polterauer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4601693?pdf=render

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