Cachexia is a condition which denotes the excessive loss of weight. It occurs because of the depletion of adipose tissue and muscle mass in people who are not trying to lose weight. It is also known ...

New research from the University of Oklahoma, published today in Cancer Cell, describes for the first time a "triangle ...

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Cachexia in older SCLC patients leads to inferior survival rates and increased treatment complications, such as dose reductions and incomplete chemotherapy courses. Patients with cachexia had ...

People with advanced cancers often feel like their bodies are wasting away. That’s because of cachexia, a condition in which impaired metabolism leads to muscle wasting and drastic weight loss (SN: ...

Halting the advance of a muscle wasting condition called cachexia, could improve quality of life for cancer sufferers. For many years, oncologists and researchers thought the dramatic weight-loss of ...

Cancer cachexia is a multifactorial syndrome characterized by skeletal muscle loss leading to progressive functional impairment. Despite the ubiquity of cachexia in clinical practice, prevention, ...

In recent years, our cumulative understanding of a number of scientific breakthroughs in the fields of tumor biology and genomics has translated into novel antineoplastic therapeutic approaches. Thus, ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can lead to a metabolic state called rheumatoid cachexia, or muscle wasting. This form of cachexia happens when your body loses muscle mass and keeps fat mass. Your body ...

This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Cachexia' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. The medication(s) ...