Cancer cachexia: definition, staging, and emerging treatments

J Ni, L Zhang - Cancer management and research, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Cachexia is a multifactorial disease characterized by weight loss via skeletal muscle and
adipose tissue loss, an imbalance in metabolic regulation, and reduced food intake. It is …

Cancer cachexia: understanding the molecular basis

JM Argilés, S Busquets, B Stemmler… - Nature Reviews …, 2014 - nature.com
Cancer cachexia is a devastating, multifactorial and often irreversible syndrome that affects
around 50–80% of cancer patients, depending on the tumour type, and that leads to …

Management of cancer cachexia: ASCO guideline

EJ Roeland, K Bohlke, VE Baracos, E Bruera… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - ascopubs.org
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 …

Thyroid hormones, oxidative stress, and inflammation

A Mancini, C Di Segni, S Raimondo… - Mediators of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Inflammation and oxidative stress (OS) are closely related processes, as well exemplified in
obesity and cardiovascular diseases. OS is also related to hormonal derangement in a …

[PDF][PDF] Analysis of body composition: a critical review of the use of bioelectrical impedance analysis

MS Mialich, JMF Sicchieri, AAJ Junior - Int J Clin Nutr, 2014 - academia.edu
Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) is a method extensively used in studies assessing
body composition, especially in view of the high speed of information processing, as a …

Muscle-to-tumor crosstalk: The effect of exercise-induced myokine on cancer progression

Q Huang, M Wu, X Wu, Y Zhang, Y Xia - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2022 - Elsevier
Physical exercise has gradually become a focus in cancer treatment due to its pronounced
role in reducing cancer risk, enhancing therapeutic efficacy, and improving prognosis. In …

The effect of malnutrition on mortality in hospitalized patients with hematologic malignancy

M Yilmaz, FD Atilla, F Sahin, G Saydam - Supportive Care in Cancer, 2020 - Springer
Objectives The aim of this study was to assess the association between malnutrition status
with the (Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition) GLIM criteria and 1-year mortality in …

[HTML][HTML] SEOM clinical guidelines on nutrition in cancer patients (2018)

R de Las Peñas, M Majem, J Perez-Altozano… - Clinical and translational …, 2019 - Springer
Nutritional deficiency is a common medical problem that affects 15–40% of cancer patients.
It negatively impacts their quality of life and can compromise treatment completion …

Role of interleukin-6 in cachexia: therapeutic implications

AA Narsale, JA Carson - … opinion in supportive and palliative care, 2014 - journals.lww.com
IL-6 remains a promising therapeutic strategy for attenuating cachexia progression with
many types of cancer. However, improvement of this treatment will require a better …

[HTML][HTML] Awareness of cancer-related malnutrition and its management: analysis of the results from a survey conducted among medical oncologists

M Muscaritoli, E Corsaro, A Molfino - Frontiers in oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cancer is a global major public health problem, particularly in Western countries, where it
represents the second leading cause of death after cardiovascular disease. Malnutrition is …