A novel tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases‐1/liver/cachexia score predicts prognosis of gastrointestinal cancer patients

• Main Authors: Olga Prokopchuk (Author), Chris D. Hermann (Author), Benjamin Schoeps (Author), Ulrich Nitsche (Author), Oleksii L. Prokopchuk (Author), Percy Knolle (Author), Helmut Friess (Author), Marc E. Martignoni (Author), Achim Krüger (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Cachexia, a devastating syndrome in cancer patients, critically determines survival and life quality. It is characterized by impaired homeostasis of multiple organs including the liver, involves tissue wasting, and is conventionally diagnosed and classified by weight loss (WL). H...