Lactate dehydrogenase: relationship with the diagnostic GLIM criterion for cachexia in patients with advanced cancer.

Josh McGovern Ross D DolanClaribel P L SimmonsLouise E DalyAoife M RyanDerek G PowerDonogh MaguireMarie T FallonBarry J LairdDonald C McMillan

Published in: British journal of cancer (2022)

LDH was associated with performance status, systemic inflammation and survival in patients with advanced cancer. LDH measurement may be considered as an aetiologic criteria and become a potential therapeutic target in the treatment of cancer cachexia.

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