Dramatic Loss Of Body Mass In Cancer May Be Controlled By The Liver

Up to 70% of cancer patients suffer dramatic weight loss which itself causes an estimated 20% of cancer deaths.

Researchers at Heidelberg University investigating the cause of this wasting believe it originates in a central gene switch in the liver. When they were able to silence this switch in mice, normal functioning resumed, giving hope that this sometimes fatal wasting can be controlled.

Dramatic Loss Of Body Mass In Cancer May Be Controlled By The Liver

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