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Maintaining a stable body weight does not reduce risk of death in colorectal cancer survivors – News-Medical.Net

Colorectal cancer survivors who maintained a stable body weight but lost muscle and developed fatty deposits in their muscles faced a 40 percent higher risk of…

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Colorectal cancer survivors who maintained a stable body weight but lost muscle and developed fatty deposits in their muscles faced a 40 percent higher risk of premature death than patients who avoided both health issues.
The conventional wisdom has been that colorectal cancer patients should avoid losing or gaining weight during treatment. But maintaining your weight does not mean your body composition remains the same. Muscle can change quite dramatically, and those changes are associated with…

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