Effects of megestrol acetate in patients with cancer anorexia‑cachexia syndrome – a systematic review and meta‑analysis
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Effects of megestrol acetate in patients with cancer anorexia-cachexia syndrome--a systematic review and meta-analysis.
INTRODUCTION Anorexia-cachexia syndrome (ACS) often occurs in patients with advanced cancer. OBJECTIVES To review the effect of megestrol acetate (MA) in patients with ACS. PATIENTS AND METHODS To identify eligible studies, systematic review by Lopez et al. (2004) was used, electronic databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE and CENTRAL) were searched and reference lists of included studies were reviewed...
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عنوان ژورنال: Polish Archives of Internal Medicine
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1897-9483
DOI: 10.20452/pamw.510