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Lead
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
The primary outcome measure for this study is plasma ghrelin level, and the two primary comparison are:
* Patients with cachexia versus patients without cachexia
* Patients with cachexia versus healthy controls
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
You may be eligible if
Histological or cytological proof of pancreatic adenocarcinoma
The control are will include healthy age-matched patients without cancer
The test arm will include patients with pancreatic cancer and they will divided into two groups: those with and without weight loss
Patients must have recovered from any major infections and/or surgical procedures
You may not be if
Patients with other serious medical illness like congestive heart failure, thyroid disease,liver disease or renal failure - conditions that will alter their nutritional state
Patients on appetite stimulant and those receiving total parenteral nutrition
Patients who have undergone gastrectomy or those who have gastric ulcers
Patients receiving active chemotherapy
No prior malignancy except for adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer or for which patient has been disease free for at least five years.
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