Ghrelin and leptin levels in cachectic patients with cancer of the digestive organs

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 315-320

  Takahashi, Masanori ^a   Terashima, Masanori ^b   Takagane, Akinori ^c   Oyama, Kenichi ^a   Fujiwara, Hisataka ^a   Wakabayashi, Go ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Hakodate Goryokaku Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cachexia; Cancer of the digestive organs; Cytokine; Ghrelin; Leptin

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GHRELIN; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CACHEXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; CACHEXIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; GHRELIN; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEPTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 69249189787     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-008-0856-1     Document Type: Article

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