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  • Title: The cachexia of cancer.
    Author: Hall JC.
    Journal: Biomedicine; 1979 Dec; 30(6):287-91. PubMed ID: 393313.
    Abstract:
    This review examines the contributions made by anorexia, loss of taste, malabsorption and disturbances of intermediary metabolism to the cachexia of cancer. Methods of nutritional assessment are outlined and mention is made of the usefulness of nutritional support as an adjunct to anti-cancer therapies.
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