Japanese journal of clinical oncology
A randomized controlled trial evaluating the effects of anamorelin in postoperative patients with upper gastrointestinal cancer: protocol for the CLEAR-UP study.
Kotaro Yamashita, Kazutaka Nishio, Shosuke Mizutani, Yuki Nishimura, Miho Tarui, Shigeru Sakamoto, Koji Iwasaki, Eisuke Hida, Shigeto Nakai, Takaomi Hagi, Kota Momose, Takuro Saito, Koji Tanaka, Tomoki Makino, Tsuyoshi Takahashi
Published: 202610.1093/jjco/hyaf223
Abstract
Patients undergoing curative surgery for upper gastrointestinal (UGI) cancers often experience substantial postoperative weight loss and reduction in muscle mass, one contributing factor being decreased ghrelin secretion following surgery. Anamorelin…
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