The spectrum of malnutrition/cachexia/sarcopenia in oncology according to different cancer types and settings: a narrative review

P Bossi, P Delrio, A Mascheroni, M Zanetti - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nutritional status in oncological patients may differ according to several modifiable and non-
modifiable factors. Knowledge of the epidemiology of malnutrition/cachexia/sarcopenia may …

Physical activity and exercise in lung cancer care: will promises be fulfilled?

A Avancini, G Sartori, A Gkountakos, M Casali… - The …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer‐related death worldwide. Affected
patients frequently experience debilitating disease‐related symptoms, including dyspnea …

Predictive impact of sarcopenia in solid cancers treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: a meta‐analysis

Y Takenaka, R Oya, N Takemoto… - Journal of cachexia …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Sarcopenia, which is characterized by a decrease in muscle quantity or quality, is commonly
observed in patients with cancer. Recent research has reported contradictory results on the …

Cachexia-sarcopenia as a determinant of disease control rate and survival in non-small lung cancer patients receiving immune-checkpoint inhibitors

B Roch, A Coffy, S Jean-Baptiste, E Palaysi, JP Daures… - Lung Cancer, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose The metabolic changes associated with cachexia–sarcopenia syndrome might
down-regulate antitumor immunity. We hypothesized that this syndrome reduces efficiency …

Weighing the role of skeletal muscle mass and muscle density in cancer patients receiving PD-1/PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitors: a multicenter real-life study

A Cortellini, F Bozzetti, P Palumbo, D Brocco… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Sarcopenia represents one of the hallmarks of all chronic diseases, including cancer, and
was already investigated as a prognostic marker in the pre-immunotherapy era. Sarcopenia …

Protective effect of obesity on survival in cancers treated with immunotherapy vanishes when controlling for type of cancer, weight loss and reduced skeletal muscle

S Antoun, E Lanoy, S Ammari, S Farhane… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Association of high body mass index (BMI) with longer survival has been
reported in patients on immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), but results are inconsistent. This …

The impact of body mass index on the efficacy of anti-PD-1/PD-L1 antibodies in patients with non-small cell lung cancer

E Ichihara, D Harada, K Inoue, K Sato, S Hosokawa… - Lung Cancer, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives: Body mass index (BMI) is reported to be associated with the efficacy of immune
checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in solid tumors such as melanomas. However, it remains unclear …

Prognostic impact of sarcopenia on clinical outcomes in malignancies treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: a systematic review and meta-analysis

S Li, T Wang, G Tong, X Li, D You, M Cong - Frontiers in Oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background The effect of sarcopenia on the clinical outcomes of patients with malignant
neoplasms receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) is unclear. The aim of this study …

Cancer, phase angle and sarcopenia: the role of diet in connection with lung cancer prognosis

P Detopoulou, G Voulgaridou, S Papadopoulou - Lung, 2022 - Springer
Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death and is associated with malnutrition
and sarcopenia. The detection of sarcopenia and conduction of simple body composition …

Effect of cancer-related cachexia and associated changes in nutritional status, inflammatory status, and muscle mass on immunotherapy efficacy and survival in …

C Madeddu, S Busquets, C Donisi, E Lai, A Pretta… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-based immunotherapy has dramatically
improved the survival of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC); …