Identification of circulating plasma ceramides as a potential sexually dimorphic biomarker of pancreatic cancer‐induced cachexia

• Main Authors: Jeffery M. Chakedis (Author), Mary E. Dillhoff (Author), Carl R. Schmidt (Author), Priyani V. Rajasekera (Author), David C. Evans (Author), Terence M. Williams (Author), Denis C. Guttridge (Author), Erin E. Talbert (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Cancer patients who exhibit cachexia lose weight and have low treatment tolerance and poor outcomes compared with cancer patients without weight loss. Despite the clear increased risk for patients, diagnosing cachexia still often relies on self‐reported weight loss. A reliable bi...