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Open Access“Metabolic fingerprints” of cachexia in lung cancer patients
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Die Nahrungsaufnahme ist bei Patienten mit fortgeschrittener Tumorerkrankung häufig reduziert und unzureichend. Der daraus resultierende Gewichts- und Zellverlust ist mit einer eingeschränkten Prognose, verrin...
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Correction to: Enteral and parenteral nutrition in cancer patients, a comparison of complication rates: an updated systematic review and (cumulative) meta-analysis
The appendices were incorrectly numbered in the original article. Please see below correcct appendices
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Enteral and parenteral nutrition in cancer patients, a comparison of complication rates: an updated systematic review and (cumulative) meta-analysis
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