Clinical significance of weight loss in cancer patients: rationale for the use of anabolic agents in the treatment of cancer-related cachexia.

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Published in Nutrition on January 01, 2001

Authors

C J Langer1, J P Hoffman, F D Ottery

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1: Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pa., USA.

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