Functional overload attenuates plantaris atrophy in tumor-bearing rats-5

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "Functional overload attenuates plantaris atrophy in tumor-bearing rats"</p><p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/7/146</p><p>BMC Cancer 2007;7():146-146.</p><p>Published online 2 Aug 2007</p><p>PMCID:PMC1950512.</p><p></p>d on the dorsum of rats and allowed to develop for six weeks produced significant body mass reductions compared to healthy controls. (B) A strong, negative correlation existed between final tumor size and the percentage of body mass loss. Dashed lines represent the 95% confidence band. N = 6/group. *, Significantly different from control rats (p ≤ 0.05). TB, tumor-bearing