Background & aims Weight loss is a cardinal feature of cachexia and is frequently
associated with reduced food intake and anorexia. It is still unclear how much reduced food …

Weight loss and anorexia are frequent findings in advanced cancer. The progressive
wasting could be attributed to changes in dietary intake and/or energy expenditure mediated …

Reduced food intake is a significant contributor to cancer-associated weight loss.
Understanding the magnitude of the association between food intake and weight loss may …

Background Cancer cachexia negatively impacts patient outcomes, quality of life and
survival. Identification and management of cancer cachexia remains challenging to …

Background. How to assess cachexia is a barrier both in research and in clinical practice.
This study examines the need for assessing both reduced food intake and loss of appetite, to …

Background: Severe malnutrition and wasting are considered hallmarks of advanced
malignant disease, and clinical research into anorexia-cachexia therapy and nutritional …

Purpose A systematical literature review evaluating the effect of dietary counseling in
treating weight loss and improving energy intake in patients with advanced cancer with …

Increased awareness on weight loss in cancer patients and on cancer cachexia is needed to
carry out a nutritional assessment at an early stage of cancer journey and to establish its …

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 …

Background Cancer cachexia is a multidimensional wasting syndrome and a reduced
dietary intake is both common and strongly correlated with degree of weight loss. Many …