Effect of fish oil on weight loss during chemotherapy
Updated: 2012-02-02 22:36:46
Involuntary weight loss is a major contributor to mortality and morbidity in patients with advanced cancer. Researchers at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, studied patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer first-line chemotherapy. First, the details. 40 patients were assigned to a treatment group. Fish oil 2.2 grams of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA)/day Standard care Blood [...]