Sentences with phrase «causing cancer cachexia»
This paper reviews the mechanisms of action of HMB and discusses these in relation to the metabolic pathways causing cancer cachexia.
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Dr Harrison said cachexia, observed in the end stages of cancer, was thought to contribute or directly cause 20 to 30 per cent of all cancer - related deaths.
TNF also causes the severe muscle wasting, known as cachexia, that is often seen in cancer patients.