Monitoring Metastasis and Cachexia in a Patient with Breast Cancer: A Case Study

Cachexia, a wasting syndrome associated with advanced cancer and metastasis, is rarely documented in breast cancer patients. However, the incidence of cachexia in breast cancer is now thought to be largely underestimated. In our case report of a breast cancer patient with bone metastasis monitored d...

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Main Authors: Nikita Consul, Xiaotao Guo, Courtney Coker, Sara Lopez-Pintado, Hanina Hibshoosh, Binsheng Zhao, Kevin Kalinsky, Swarnali Acharyya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-01-01
Series:Clinical Medicine Insights: Oncology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/CMO.S40479