Nutrition in cancer patients with cachexia: A role for the gut microbiota?
Cachexia is a multifactorial syndrome that includes muscle wasting and inflammation, and that is associated with chronic underlying diseases, such as cancer, chronic heart failure and chronic kidney disease. Since gut microbes influence host immunity and metabolism, we hypothesized a few years ago t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016-04-01
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| Series: | Clinical Nutrition Experimental |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352939315000196 |