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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-3-15
pubmed:abstractText
Weight loss in cancer can be attributed to anorexia and/or increased energy expenditure. In order to understand the contribution of these variables, 36 Wistar rats fed regular diet were randomly distributed in 3 groups: T (12) bearing Walker 256 carcinosarcoma; PF (12) pair fed with T group and C (12) as control group; another group--D (12)--in which rats were fed with low protein (1%) diet. Caloric intake, body and tumor weight were measured daily. Indirect calorimetry was done sequentially each 4 days. After 2 weeks of tumor growth there was significant reduction of caloric intake and carcass weight in T group compared to those of C group. There was no difference in carcass weight between T and PF group. After 3 weeks it was significantly reduced in T group (55.7 Kcal/m2/h against 75.0 of N and 65.1 of PF group). Walker 256 carcinosarcoma is an hypometabolic tumor and the host weight loss associated to its development is due to anorexia.
pubmed:language
por
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0041-8781
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
46
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
207-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
[Energy metabolism and experimental malignant tumor development].
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratório de Metabologia Cirúrgica, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de S. Paulo.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract