## 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
Phase II study of high-dose fish oil capsules for patients with cancer-related cachexia : A Cancer and Leukemia Group B study
β Scribed by Alessandro Laviano; Maurizio Muscaritoli; Filippo Rossi-Fanelli
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 48 KB
- Volume
- 103
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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