Nature

Influence of additional criteria from a definition of cachexia on its prevalence—good or bad thing?

Cachexia is a state of involuntary weight loss. The latest generic definition states that aside from weight loss, patient needs to fulfill additional criteria to be diagnosed with cachexia. New, ...
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Cachexia Common in Lupus

Cachexia is an underappreciated complication of systemic lupus erythematosus, researchers reported. A total of 56.3% of patients developed the involuntary weight loss accompanied by loss of ...
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Race, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Factors as Determinants of Cachexia Incidence and Outcomes in a Retrospective Cohort of Patients With Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer

Cachexia is a paraneoplastic syndrome of unintentional adipose and muscle tissue wasting with severe impacts to functionality and quality of life. Although health inequities across minority and ...
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Correlation between the international consensus definition of the cancer anorexia cachexia syndrome (CACS) and patient outcomes in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

The effect of body mass index (BMI) on non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) mortality. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2014 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not include a full text ...