Subclinical myopathy in patients with colorectal cancer: clinical-pathological characterization and search for tissue markers

Skeletal muscle in patients with cancer undergoes many morphological changes due to immuno-inflammatory factors of tumor origin or treatment.T he latest event of these changes is cancer cachexia. Aim of the study is to identify myopathic features in skeletal muscle biopsies from weight stable patien...

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Main Authors: Massimo Vecchiato, Sandra Zampieri, Stefano Merigliano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2012-03-01
Series:European Journal of Translational Myology
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Online Access:http://pagepressjournals.org/index.php/bam/article/view/1792