Is IL-6 the best pro-inflammatory biomarker of clinical outcomes of cancer cachexia? - Scheede-Bergdahl, Celena; Watt, Heather L.; Trutschnigg, Barbara; Kilgour, Robert D.; Haggarty, Allison; Lucar, Enriqueta; Vigano, Antonio (Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland), 2012)
Keywords: Adult; Advanced cancer patients; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; albumins; Albumins - metabolism; anorexia; Appetite; Biological and medical sciences; biomarkers; Biomarkers - blood; blood; body composition; C-reactive protein; C-Reactive Protein - metabolism; Cachexia; Cachexia - blood; Cachexia - etiology; Clinical correlates; complications; Cytokines; etiology; Feeding. Feeding behavior; Female; females; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gastroenterology and Hepatology; hospitals; Humans; Inflammation; Inflammation - blood; Inflammation - complications; Interleukin-1beta; Interleukin-1beta - blood; Interleukin-6; Interleukin-6 - blood; Interleukin-8; Interleukin-8 - blood; lymphocytes; Lymphocytes - metabolism; Male; metabolism; Middle Aged; Neoplasms; Neoplasms - blood; Neoplasms - complications; Quality of Life; questionnaires; Sarcopenia; Sarcopenia - complications; Sarcopenia - metabolism; Surveys and Questionnaires; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha - blood; Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems; Weight Loss; CC; Cachexia; Advanced cancer patients; Cytokines; Clinical correlates; ACP; cancer cachexia; Interleukin 6; Prognosis; Cytokine; Biological marker; Evolution; Metabolic diseases; Inflammation; Malignant tumor; Cancer