Evaluation of the relationship between serum ghrelin levels and cancer cachexia in patients with locally advanced nonsmall-cell lung cancer treated with chemoradiotherapy
Conclusion: Ghrelin may play a role in the pathogenesis of weight loss in NSCLC patients. Ghrelin seems to be implicated in cancer-related weight loss. Ghrelin, cancer, and RT all together have a role in tumor-related anorexia-cachexia in patients with NSCLC. Results of this study need further evaluation as regards to its potential role as an adjuvant diagnostic or prognostic marker.
Source: Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Pelin Uysal Cigdem Usul Afsar Volkan Sozer Berrin Inanc Fulya Agaoglu Zeynep Gural Nevin Yaman Fazl & #305;oglu Caglar Cuhadaroglu Hafize Uzun Source Type: research
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