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Journal of Oncology
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 693458, 7 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/693458
Clinical Study

Estimation of Cachexia among Cancer Patients Based on Four Definitions

1Strategic Healthcare Solutions, LLC, P.O. Box 543, Monkton, MD 21111, USA
2College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
3Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA

Received 12 February 2009; Accepted 2 May 2009

Academic Editor: David Ball

Copyright © 2009 Kathleen M. Fox et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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