Cancer cachexia is a multifactorial syndrome characterized by skeletal muscle loss leading to progressive functional impairment. Despite the ubiquity of cachexia in clinical practice, prevention, ...

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A dysfunction in muscle blood vessels could be to blame for the weak muscles and weight loss that most cancer patients experience, according to a new study from University of Illinois Chicago ...

Cachexia is a common complication of cancer and is associated with an increased risk of death. The level of growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15), a circulating cytokine, is elevated in cancer ...

New research from the University of Oklahoma, published today in Cancer Cell, describes for the first time a "triangle ...

For many families, the most shocking part of a cancer journey is not the tumour itself, but the steady wasting that follows — loss of appetite, falling weight, thinning muscles, and the feeling that ...

Food for Cancer Health Equity: A Qualitative Study Among People With Cancer Who Are Low-Income, Latino or Hispanic, Immigrant, and Individuals With Multiple Minoritized Races and Ethnicities ...

Cachexia in older SCLC patients leads to inferior survival rates and increased treatment complications, such as dose reductions and incomplete chemotherapy courses. Patients with cachexia had ...

This schematic illustration shows the major organs that are affected by and contribute to the development of pancreatic cancer cachexia. With pancreatic cancer at the center of the crosstalk network, ...