miRNA-130a Significantly Improves Accuracy of SGA Nutritional Assessment Tool in Prediction of Malnutrition and Cachexia in Radiotherapy-Treated Head and Neck Cancer Patients

miRNA-130a Significantly Improves Accuracy of SGA Nutritional Assessment Tool in Prediction of Malnutrition and Cachexia in Radiotherapy-Treated Head and Neck Cancer Patients

Background: Investigation of novel cachexia-related markers is one of the major challenges in contemporary oncology. Among studied markers, the miRNA seems to be promising due to its possibility to regulate genes responsible for induction of inflammatory response, muscle atrophy and fat tissue wasti...

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Main Authors: Tomasz Powrózek, Radosław Mlak, Anna Brzozowska, Marcin Mazurek, Paweł Gołębiowski, Teresa Małecka-Massalska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-08-01
Series:Cancers
Subjects:
head and neck cancer
cachexia
malnutrition
miRNA
SGA
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/10/9/294

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