New research from the University of Oklahoma, published today in Cancer Cell, describes for the first time a "triangle regulation theory" of cancer-induced cachexia and anorexia. Cachexia is a ...

For many families, the most shocking part of a cancer journey is not the tumour itself, but the steady wasting that follows — loss of appetite, falling weight, thinning muscles, and the feeling that ...

Across disciplines, therapeutic areas and even continents, Pfizer scientists have been working to advance understanding of – and potential treatments for – cachexia, a complex metabolic condition ...

New research from The University of Manchester may reshape our understanding of what happens to the immune system when we fast. The study on mice shows that the brain's hypothalamus controls how the ...

Cancer patients with cachexia usually exhibit changes in body composition. It is worth noting that the AWGC criteria for the diagnosis of cachexia do not incorporate an assessment of body composition.

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 ...

Pharmacologic treatments for cancer cachexia are limited. A phase 1b study of the monoclonal antibody ponsegromab showed improved outcomes in patients with an elevated GDF-15 cytokine level. New phase ...