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Effects of exercise or metformin on myokine concentrations in patients with breast and colorectal cancer: A phase II multi‐centre factorial randomized trial

Justin C. Brown, Guillaume Spielmann, Sheng-Ping Yang, Stephanie L. E. Compton, Lee W. Jones, Melinda L. Irwin, J. Ligibel, J. Meyerhardt

Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 2024

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Abstract

Physical activity and metformin pharmacotherapy are associated with improved clinical outcomes in breast and colorectal cancer survivors. Myokines are cytokines secreted from skeletal muscle that may mediate these associations.

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