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Title
A viscerally driven cachexia syndrome in patients with advanced colorectal cancer: contributions of organ and tumor mass to whole-body energy demands.
Authors
Lieffers, Jessica R; Mourtzakis, Marina; Hall, Kevin D; McCargar, Linda J; Prado, Carla M M; Baracos, Vickie E
Abstract
Cancer cachexia-associated weight loss is poorly understood; energetically demanding tissues (eg, organ and tumor mass) and resting energy expenditure (REE) are reported to increase with advanced cancer.
Publication
The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2009, Vol 89, Issue 4, p1173