Cancer as a Proinflammatory Environment: Metastasis and Cachexia

• Main Authors: Nelson Inácio Pinto (Author), June Carnier (Author), Lila M. Oyama (Author), Jose Pinhata Otoch (Author), Paulo Sergio Alcântara (Author), Flavio Tokeshi (Author), Claudia M. Nascimento (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The development of the syndrome of cancer cachexia and that of metastasis are related with a poor prognostic for cancer patients. They are considered multifactorial processes associated with a proinflammatory environment, to which tumour microenvironment and other tissues from the tumour bearing ind...