To evaluate skeletal muscle biopsy from asymptomatic patients affected with newly diagnosed colorectal cancer and to identify pathological features which may be indicative of tumor-associated muscle disorders, potentially leading to cachexia.
Laboratory of Translational Myology, Interdepartmental Research Center of Myology, c/o, Department of Biomedical Science, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. sanzamp@unipd.it