Age-specific unmet needs among older patients with cancer enrolled in an outpatient palliative care program: A retrospective analysis.

Tumor growth is associated with profound metabolic and neurochemical alterations, which can lead to the onset of anorexia−cachexia syndrome. Anorexia is defined as the loss of the desire to eat, while ...

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 ...

Cachexia is a common complication of cancer and is associated with an increased risk of death. The level of growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15), a circulating cytokine, is elevated in cancer ...

Cancer cachexia is a complex metabolic syndrome characterized by the ongoing loss of skeletal muscle mass, with or without fat loss, that cannot be reversed entirely by conventional nutritional ...