Cachexia in cancer patients

Nature Reviews Cancer

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 862-871

  Tisdale, Michael J ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

1 (2 ETHYLPHENOXY) 3 (1,2,3,4 TETRAHYDRO 1 NAPHTHYLAMINO) 2 PROPANOL OXALATE; AMINO ACID; ANABOLIC AGENT; ARGININE; ATENOLOL; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BORTEZOMIB; CISPLATIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYPROHEPTADINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DRONABINOL; ETOPOSIDE; FISH OIL; GESTAGEN; GLUTAMINE; IBUPROFEN; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; MEGESTROL ACETATE; MELATONIN; OXANDROLONE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PREDNISOLONE; PROPRANOLOL; THALIDOMIDE; TROGLITAZONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNINDEXED DRUG; ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYTOKINE; ION CHANNEL; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 3; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; MUSCLE PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROTEASOME; TUMOR PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANOREXIA; APPETITE; CACHEXIA; CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ANIMAL; BODY COMPOSITION; CALORIC INTAKE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIPOLYSIS; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ANOREXIA; BODY COMPOSITION; CACHEXIA; CARRIER PROTEINS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYTOKINES; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FISH OILS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; ION CHANNELS; LIPOLYSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASMS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PROTEASOME ENDOPEPTIDASE COMPLEX; RATS; UBIQUITIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0036830917     PISSN: 1474175X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrc927     Document Type: Review

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