Systemic inflammation and insulin resistance-related indicator predicts poor outcome in patients with cancer cachexia

Abstract Background The C-reactive protein (CRP)-triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index (CTI), which is a measure representing the level of inflammation and insulin resistance (IR), is related to poor cancer prognosis; however, the CTI has not been validated in patients with cancer cachexia. Thus, this st...

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Main Authors: Guo-Tian Ruan, Li Deng, Hai-Lun Xie, Jin-Yu Shi, Xiao-Yue Liu, Xin Zheng, Yue Chen, Shi-Qi Lin, He-Yang Zhang, Chen-An Liu, Yi-Zhong Ge, Meng-Meng Song, Chun-Lei Hu, Xiao-Wei Zhang, Ming Yang, Wen Hu, Ming-Hua Cong, Li-Chen Zhu, Kun-Hua Wang, Han-Ping Shi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-01-01
Series:Cancer & Metabolism
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40170-024-00332-8