Cancer cachexia is a multifactorial syndrome characterized by skeletal muscle loss leading to progressive functional impairment. Despite the ubiquity of cachexia in clinical practice, prevention, ...
Older adults who remain physically active have a significantly lower risk of developing sarcopenic obesity, a serious condition characterized by excess body fat combined with reduced muscle strength.
Kerstin Haase is in the Cancer Research UK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence, University College London Cancer Institute, London WC1E 6DD, UK. Mariam Jamal-Hanjani is in the Cancer Research UK Lung ...
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 ...
Moderate Exercise Linked to Lower Risk of Sarcopenic Obesity in Seniors: StudyOlder adults who remain physically active have a significantly lower risk ...
Relative survival at 1, 3, 5, and 10 years by race/ethnicity in colorectal cancer: A SEER-based analysis. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2026 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. This ...
As we get older and our hormone levels fall, we start losing bone mass faster than we can make it ...
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 ...
Maintaining good health and well-being is crucial for how well patients respond to cancer treatments. Unfortunately, cachexia, or involuntary weight loss, is a major concern for many individuals with ...
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 ...