Nutritional status in oncological patients may differ according to several modifiable and non-
modifiable factors. Knowledge of the epidemiology of malnutrition/cachexia/sarcopenia may …

Cancer-associated cachexia is a disorder characterized by loss of body weight with specific
losses of skeletal muscle and adipose tissue. Cachexia is driven by a variable combination …

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 …

An awareness of the importance of nutritional status in hospital settings began more than 40
years ago. Much has been learned since and has altered care. For the past 40 years several …

It has frequently been shown that patients with cancer are one of the largest hospital patient
groups with a prevalence for malnutrition. Weight loss is a frequent manifestation of …

Cancer cachexia is a multi-factorial syndrome, which negatively affects quality of life,
responsiveness to chemotherapy, and survival in advanced cancer patients. Our …

Background Attitudes of cancer survivors to nutrition and nutrition care have rarely been
captured. A better understanding of their needs based on a review of their experiences …

Oesophageal cancer is a debilitating disease with a poor prognosis, and weight loss owing
to malnutrition prevails in the majority of patients. Cachexia, a multifactorial syndrome …

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 …

Purpose Cancer cachexia (CC) is commonly seen in advanced lung cancer patients and
associated with poor prognosis. However, little is known about CC that develops during …