Association of sarcopenia and expression of interleukin-23 in colorectal cancer survival

CONCLUSIONS: This is the first study to explore the significant association between IL-23 expression and sarcopenia in colorectal cancer. Sarcopenia combined with IL-23, as an inflammatory marker, significantly predicted poor survival.PMID:34536640 | DOI:10.1016/j.clnu.2021.08.016

Source: Clinical Colorectal Cancer - September 18, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Wan-Hsiang Hu Ching-Di Chang Ting-Ting Liu Hong-Hwa Chen Chang-Chun Hsiao Hong-Yo Kang Jiin-Haur Chuang Source Type: research