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Editorial
. 2019 Feb;10(1):3-5.
doi: 10.1002/jcsm.12401.

Cancer cachexia: an orphan with a future

Mitja Lainscak  1   2 , Giuseppe M C Rosano  3
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Editorial

Cancer cachexia: an orphan with a future

Mitja Lainscak et al. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 2019 Feb.

Erratum in

  • Corrigendum.
    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 2020 Aug;11(4):1158. doi: 10.1002/jcsm.12605. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 2020. PMID: 32808742 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
No abstract available

Keywords: Cancer cachexia; Orphan Disease; Prevalence; Regulatory Pathway.

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Conflict of interest statement

ML reports owning shares of Actimed Therapeutics.

Figures

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Figure 1
Prevalence and outcome of cardiac cachexia.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Regulatory pathways for orphan disease drug development in European Union and in the USA.
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