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METABOLIC PROCESSES BEHIND CANCER CACHEXIA

$982M01FY2000RRNIH

La Biomed Res Inst/ Harbor Ucla Med Ctr, Torrance CA

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Abstract

Malnutrition is a complication in cancer which can affect a patient's survival. Despite a great deal of research, the reason some cancer patients fail to gain weight with nutritional therapy has yet to be defined. This study will evaluate glucose metabolism with three forms of glucose isotopes.

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