Brown adipose tissue is not associated with cachexia or increased mortality in a retrospective study of patients with cancer
Mahmoud Eljalby, Xiaojing Huang, Tobias Becher, Andreas G. Wibmer, Caroline S. Jiang, Roger Vaughan, Heiko Schöder, Paul Cohen
Abstract
This study finds that brown fat is not linked to cancer-associated cachexia. Moreover, this work shows that brown fat does not worsen overall survival in patients with cachexia.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineCachexiaCancerDyslipidemiaInternal medicineCoronary artery diseaseEndocrinologyOncologyDiseaseAdipose Tissue and MetabolismNutrition and Health in AgingCardiovascular Disease and Adiposity