A common denominator of inflammations and fatty liver

Wednesday, May 28, 2008 - 07:56 in Health & Medicine

Many cancer patients lose a lot of weight during their disease: Fat and muscle mass are reduced, free fatty acids accumulate in the liver, and this eventually leads to fatty liver in affected patients. What is called tumour cachexia appears to be caused by signals emitted by the tumour itself...

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