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Original Articles

Nutrition and Cancercapsaicin Treatment Reduces Tumor Growth, Tumor Cell Proliferation Ex Vivo and Partially Reverses Cancer Cachexia in Walker 256 Tumor-Bearing Rats

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Pages 111-117 | Received 19 Jul 2018, Accepted 05 Nov 2018, Published online: 09 Feb 2019

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