Cachexia is a wasting disorder that accompanies many chronic diseases including cancer
and results from an imbalance of energy requirements and energy uptake. In cancer …

Cachexia and muscle wasting are well recognized as common and partly reversible features
of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), adversely affecting disease progression …

Cancer-associated cachexia (CAC) is a wasting syndrome characterized by systemic
inflammation, body weight loss, atrophy of white adipose tissue (WAT) and skeletal muscle …

Adipose tissue (fat) is a heterogeneous organ, both in function and histology, distributed
throughout the body. White adipose tissue, responsible for energy storage and more …

Cachexia, a multifactorial wasting syndrome, is highly prevalent among advanced-stage
cancer patients. Unlike weight loss in healthy humans, the progressive loss of body weight …

Objective: Brown fat can exhibit high uptake of fluorine-18 fludeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) on
positron emission tomography (PET) and interferes with interpretation of the scan. The goal …

Cancer-associated cachexia (CAC) is a major characteristic of advanced cancer, associates
with almost all types of cancer. Recent studies have found that lipopenia is an important …

Purpose Brown adipose tissue (BAT) has transformed from an interfering tissue in
oncological 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) to an …

Background The 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG)-detected brown adipose tissue (BAT),
is enhanced by cold stimulus and modulated by other factors that still have to be …

Objective The purpose of our study was to determine the role of brown adipose tissue (BAT)
in cancer progression. Materials and methods Our study was approved by our institutional …