Introduction A quarter of patients with involuntary weight loss (IWL) have cancer.
Inflammation and anemia are associated with cancer, and recent studies showed that red …

Background A tenth of patients with involuntary weight loss (IWL) have gastrointestinal
cancer. Ferritin is the first parameter to be modified during the process leading to iron …

Background/Aim: No published nation-based study has examined the relationship between
weight loss and cancer in Taiwan. The aim of this study was to investigate whether weight …

Background/Purpose: Little research is currently available on the relationship between
weight loss and pulmonary tuberculosis in Taiwan. This study aimed to evaluate whether …

Abstract Background and Aim: Few systematic studies focus on the association between
weight loss and pyogenic liver abscesses. The objective of the study was to assess the …

Background and objectives The aims of the study were to analyse the epidemiology,
prognostic and predictive factors of malignant disease on isolated involuntary weight loss …

Background Tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), interleukin 1β (IL-1β), and IL-6 may be
associated with involuntary weight loss in patients with and without cancer. However, results …

Fundamento y objetivos Los objetivos del estudio han sido analizar la epidemiología, el
pronóstico y los factores predictivos de enfermedad maligna de la pérdida de peso …

Background/Objective: Little research is available on the relationship between weight loss
and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in Taiwan. We hope to evaluate whether …