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If a cancer was present but undiagnosed. would the patient be unable to gain any weight? ie..would the weight loss be unstoppable?
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No: dont worry about things u have no control over. live for the present/ healthy diet and habits
Answered 9/28/2016
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No: Most asymptomatic lesions would not be associated with wt. loss. As an example an undetected breast lesion, ovarian lesion or polypoid malignancy of bowel would still be associated with patients ability to gain wt. Uncontrolled wt. loss is seen in a tumor such as pancreas cancer where a compound known as cachexin is produced and results in anorexia and wt. loss. Cachexin is same as TNF
Answered 5/17/2014
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