Nutritional therapy for cancer cachexia

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R F Grimble. Gut. 2003 Oct.

. 2003 Oct;52(10):1391-2.

doi: 10.1136/gut.52.10.1391.

¹ Institute of Human Nutrition, School of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. rfg 1@soton.ac.uk

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Effect of a protein and energy dense N-3 fatty acid enriched oral supplement on loss of weight and lean tissue in cancer cachexia: a randomised double blind trial.
Fearon KC, Von Meyenfeldt MF, Moses AG, Van Geenen R, Roy A, Gouma DJ, Giacosa A, Van Gossum A, Bauer J, Barber MD, Aaronson NK, Voss AC, Tisdale MJ. Fearon KC, et al. Gut. 2003 Oct;52(10):1479-86. doi: 10.1136/gut.52.10.1479. Gut. 2003. PMID: 12970142 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

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