Up to 50% of cancer patients suffer from a progressive atrophy of adipose tissue and
skeletal muscle, called cachexia, resulting in weight loss, a reduced quality of life, and a …

Anorexia is commonly present in persons with cancer and a major component of cancer
cachexia. There are multiple causes of anorexia in cancer. Peripherally, these can be due to …

Cachexia is among the most debilitating and life‐threatening aspects of cancer. Associated
with anorexia, fat and muscle tissue wasting, psychological distress, and a lower quality of …

Because daily food intake is the product of the size of a meal and the frequency of meals
ingested, the characteristic of meal size to meal number during a 24-h light–dark cycle …

Progressive wasting is common in many types of cancer and is one of the most important
factors leading to early death in cancer patients. Weight loss is a potent stimulus to food …

Weight loss in elderly patients is a common clinical problem. Wasting and cachexia are
associated with severe physiologic, psychologic, and immunologic consequences …

The role of cytokines in cancer cachexia : Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care The
role of cytokines in cancer cachexia : Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care Log in …

A large number of observations point towards cytokines, polypeptides released mainly by
immune cells, as the molecules responsible for the metabolic derangements associated with …

Patients with cancer cachexia experience a profound wasting of adipose tissue and lean
body mass. Anorexia, although often present, is insufficient to account for tissue wasting …

The cachexia–anorexia syndrome occurs in chronic pathophysiologic processes including
cancer, infection with human immunodeficiency virus, bacterial and parasitic diseases …