Lean muscle mass helps even obese patients battle cancer
Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 06:37
in Health & Medicine
Lean muscle-mass may give even obese people an advantage in battling cancer, a University of Alberta study shows. The study, published in Lancet Oncology, provides evidence that varying body compositions of cancer patients likely plays a role in survival rates, activity levels during the illness and potentially, even the reaction to chemotherapy treatment...