The relationships between body composition and the systemic inflammatory response in patients with primary operable colorectal cancer.

BACKGROUND: Weight loss is recognised as a marker of poor prognosis in patients with cancer but the aetiology of cancer cachexia remains unclear. The aim of the present study was to examine the relationships between CT measured parameters of body composition and the systemic inflammatory response in...

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Main Authors: Colin H Richards, Campbell S D Roxburgh, Mark T MacMillan, Sanad Isswiasi, Ewen G Robertson, Graeme K Guthrie, Paul G Horgan, Donald C McMillan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3411715?pdf=render