Journal article
Loss of adipose tissue and plasma phospholipids: Relationship to survival in advanced cancer patients
Abstract
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Extensive loss of adipose tissue is a key feature of cancer cachexia. Advanced cancer patients also exhibit low plasma phospholipids. It is not known whether these processes coincide across the cancer trajectory nor has their relationship with survival been defined. Changes in adipose tissue mass and plasma phospholipids were characterized within 500days prior to death and prognostic significance assessed.
METHODS: Adipose …
Authors
Murphy RA; Wilke MS; Perrine M; Pawlowicz M; Mourtzakis M; Lieffers JR; Maneshgar M; Bruera E; Clandinin MT; Baracos VE
Journal
Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 482–487
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
8 2010
DOI
10.1016/j.clnu.2009.11.006
ISSN
0261-5614