Fish oil and treatment of cancer cachexia
β Scribed by Attilio Giacosa; Mariangela Rondanelli
- Book ID
- 107638951
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 323 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1555-8932
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Cancer cachexia is highly prevalent in patients with advanced cancer. Its main clinical manifestation is profound anorexia. Progestational drugs have shown meaningful effects on appetite, food intake, and nutritional status in patients with advanced cancer and AIDS, and could be useful in managing a
## Abstract ## BACKGROUND The authors undertook a multiinstitutional Phase II cooperative group study to examine the potential of oral fish oil fatty acid supplements administered at high doses to slow weight loss and to improve quality of life in patients with malignancyβrelated cachexia. ## MET