Cancer Cachexia and MicroRNAs

• Main Authors: Rodolfo Gonzalez Camargo (Author), Henrique Quintas Teixeira Ribeiro (Author), Murilo Vieira Geraldo (Author), Emídio Matos-Neto (Author), Rodrigo Xavier Neves (Author), Luiz Carlos Carnevali (Author), Felipe Fedrizzi Donatto (Author), Paulo S. M. Alcântara (Author), José P. Ottoch (Author), Marília Seelaender (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Cancer cachexia is a paraneoplastic syndrome compromising quality of life and survival, mainly characterized by involuntary weight loss, fatigue, and systemic inflammation. The syndrome is described as a result of tumor-host interactions characterized by an inflammatory response by the host to the p...