Cancer Cachexia and MicroRNAs

Cancer cachexia is a paraneoplastic syndrome compromising quality of life and survival, mainly characterized by involuntary weight loss, fatigue, and systemic inflammation. The syndrome is described as a result of tumor-host interactions characterized by an inflammatory response by the host to the p...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rodolfo Gonzalez Camargo, Henrique Quintas Teixeira Ribeiro, Murilo Vieira Geraldo, Emídio Matos-Neto, Rodrigo Xavier Neves, Luiz Carlos Carnevali, Felipe Fedrizzi Donatto, Paulo S. M. Alcântara, José P. Ottoch, Marília Seelaender
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Mediators of Inflammation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/367561