Clinical and Tumor Characteristics of Patients with High Serum Levels of Growth Differentiation Factor 15 in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

Clinical and Tumor Characteristics of Patients with High Serum Levels of Growth Differentiation Factor 15 in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

We aimed to evaluate the association of circulating growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15) with cachexia symptoms and the biological activity of advanced pancreatic cancer (APC). Treatment-naïve patients with liver metastasis of APC or with benign pancreatic disease were retrospectively analyzed....

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Main Authors: Hidetaka Suzuki, Shuichi Mitsunaga, Masafumi Ikeda, Takao Aoyama, Kazumi Yoshizawa, Hiroki Yoshimatsu, Norisuke Kawai, Mari Masuda, Tomofumi Miura, Atsushi Ochiai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-09-01
Series:Cancers
Subjects:
growth differentiation factor 15
pancreatic cancer
anorexia
cancer cachexia
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/13/19/4842

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