Cancer cachexia, weight loss with altered body composition, is a multifactorial syndrome
propagated by symptoms that impair caloric intake, tumor byproducts, chronic inflammation …

Weight loss and failure to gain weight normally in cancer patients are attributable to negative
energy balance and altered metabolism. Energy balance is negative because of decreased …

Cancer cachexia is a complex multifactorial syndrome marked by a continuous depletion of
skeletal muscle mass associated, in some cases, with a reduction in fat mass. It is …

Cancer-induced cachexia remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in cancer
treatment. Cancer research and development continues at an aggressive pace and yet a …

The progressive deterioration in nutrition status frequently seen in cancer patients is often
referred to as cancer cachexia. Unlike starvation, in which fat stores from adipose are …

Weight loss is distressing to cancer patients and caregivers. Anorexia/cachexia syndrome is
characterized by lipolysis and the loss of lean body mass, and is not reversible by increasing …

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

Progressive wasting is common in many types of cancer and is one of the most important
factors leading to the early death of cancer patients. Although anorexia frequently …

Background Cancer cachexia is a complex syndrome associated with multiple metabolic
abnormalities. Insulin resistance is present in many cancer patients and may be one …

Background. Cancer cachexia encompasses a wide range of metabolic, hormonal, and
cytokine‐related abnormalities that result in a wasting syndrome possibly accounting for up …