Characteristics of patients with pancreatic cancer expressing a novel cancer cachectic factor

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Authors

Stephen J. Wigmore · Edinburgh Royal Infirmary

P T Todorov · Aston University

Matthew D. Barber · Edinburgh Royal Infirmary

J. A. Ross · Edinburgh Royal Infirmary

Michael J. Tisdale · Aston University

K.C.H. Fearon · Edinburgh Royal Infirmary

Abstract

PIF is associated with an accelerated rate of weight loss in patients with a tumour of the pancreatic head. This observation appears to be independent of the effect of an increased hepatic acute-phase protein response.

Topics & Keywords

Nutrition and Health in Aging Body Composition Measurement Techniques Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Zero hunger

Publication Details

Published in: British journal of surgery

Volume 87, Issue 1, pp. 53-58

DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.2000.01317.x

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