Preservation of muscle mass as a strategy to reduce the toxic effects of cancer chemotherapy on body composition

Cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy often experience very debilitating side effects, including unintentional weight loss, nausea, and vomiting. Changes in body composition, specifically lean body mass (LBM), are known to have important implications for anticancer drug toxicity and cancer prognos...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Current opinion in supportive & palliative care Jg. 12; H. 4; S. 420
Hauptverfasser:	Pin, Fabrizio, Couch, Marion E, Bonetto, Andrea
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	United States 01.12.2018
Schlagworte:	Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - adverse effects Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - therapeutic use Body Composition - drug effects Dose-Response Relationship, Drug Ghrelin - therapeutic use Humans Muscle, Skeletal - drug effects Muscular Atrophy - drug therapy Musculoskeletal Diseases - chemically induced Musculoskeletal Diseases - physiopathology Neoplasms - drug therapy Nutrition Assessment Quality of Life Receptors, Ghrelin - agonists
ISSN:	1751-4266, 1751-4266
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