Cachexia remains an underdiagnosed and undertreated, complex condition which includes
'objective'components (eg inadequate food intake, weight loss, inactivity, loss of muscle …

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

To develop a framework for the definition and classification of cancer cachexia a panel of
experts participated in a formal consensus process, including focus groups and two Delphi …

The objective of this article is to group together various management strategies and to
highlight the recent treatment modifications that attempt to target the multimodal etiological …

PURPOSE To provide evidence-based guidance on the clinical management of cancer
cachexia in adult patients with advanced cancer. METHODS A systematic review of the …

Background Weight loss and cachexia are common, reduce tolerance of cancer treatment
and the likelihood of response, and independently predict poor outcome. Methods A group …

Patients with cancer frequently experience unintended weight loss due to gastrointestinal
(GI) dysfunction caused by the malignancy or treatment of the malignancy. However, others …

It is estimated that half of all patients with cancer eventually develop a syndrome of
cachexia, with anorexia and a progressive loss of adipose tissue and skeletal muscle mass …

Introduction Malnutrition has since long been known to be associated with adverse
outcomes in cancer patients. The wasting in cancer cachexia involves loss of muscle and fat …

Many forms of cancer present with a complex metabolic profile characterised by loss of lean
body mass known as cancer cachexia. The physical impact of cachexia contributes to …