Supplementation with ω3 fatty acids appears to offer benefits that are verifiable at a
biochemical, clinical and functional level. Related literature, however, provides conflicting …

Cachexia is a metabolic mutiny that directly reduces life expectancy in chronic conditions
such as cancer. The underlying mechanisms associated with cachexia involve inflammation …

On December 13th and 14th a group of scientists and clinicians met in Washington, DC, for
the cachexia consensus conference. At the present time, there is no widely agreed upon …

OBJECTIVE Balancing the benefits of extensive tumor resection with the consequence of
potential postoperative deficits remains a challenge in malignant astrocytoma surgery …

Background Inflammation is an important feature of the malignant phenotype and promotes
angiogenesis, tumour invasiveness, metastases, and cachexia. We used a first-in-class …

Background Cancer‐related weight loss is associated with increased inflammation and
decreased survival. The novel inflammatory mediator growth differentiation factor (GDF) 15 …

Purpose To examine the association of quality of life (QOL) after diagnosis of breast cancer
with mortality and recurrence. Patients and Methods From 2002 to 2004, a total of 2,230 …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine whether quality of life (QOL) scores
predict survival among patients with head and neck cancer, controlling for demographic …

Cancer cachexia is a debilitating syndrome of anorexia and loss of lean body mass that
accompanies many malignancies. Ghrelin is an orexigenic hormone with a short half-life that …

PURPOSE: To determine the prognostic meaning of symptoms in patients with advanced
cancer. DESIGN: Medline, Embase, Cochrane and Cinahl databases were systematically …