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Comment
. 2020 May;25(5):e875.
doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2019-1005. Epub 2020 Mar 19.

Sarcopenia and Inflammation with Immunotherapy

Osman Köstek  1 , Tarık Demir  2
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Sarcopenia and Inflammation with Immunotherapy

Osman Köstek et al. Oncologist. 2020 May.

Abstract

This letter to the editor presents possible limitations of the study reported by Bilen et al., which might have affected the reported results.

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    Bilen MA, Master VA, Harvey RD. Bilen MA, et al. Oncologist. 2020 May;25(5):e876. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2020-0059. Epub 2020 Mar 23. Oncologist. 2020. PMID: 32201999 Free PMC article.

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