Association between Interleukin-6 Levels and Perioperative Fatigue in Gastric Adenocarcinoma Patients.

ABSTRACT: Gastric adenocarcinoma (GA), one of the most common gastrointestinal cancers worldwide, is often accompanied by cancer cachexia in the advanced stage owing to malnutrition and cancer-related symptoms. Although resection is the most effective curative procedure for GA patients, it may cause perioperative fatigue, worsening the extent of cancer cachexia. Although the relationship between cytokines and cancer fatigue has been evaluated, it is unclear which cytokines are associated with fatigue in GA patients. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate whether the changes in cytokine levels were associated with the perioperative changes in fatigue amongst GA patients. We included GA patients undergoing gastric surgery in a single academic medical center between June 2017 and December 2018. Fat

SUBMITTER: Wu JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6518263 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature