癌症具有引发患者全身代谢发生显著变化的能力。这种现象在癌症恶病质（Cancer ...

2019年5月29日讯/ 生物谷 BIOON/---在癌症和肾病等疾病的最后阶段，许多患者会出现恶病质（cachexia），这是一种破坏性的疾病，在这种疾病中，肌肉和 ...

Anorexia–cachexia associated with cancer and other diseases is a common and often fatal condition representing a large area of unmet medical need. It occurs most commonly in advanced cancer and ...

Many people with cancer experience dramatic loss of muscle and fat tissue. In many cases, even the heart muscle is affected, ...

Researchers have now identified a previously overlooked driver of cachexia: the liver. It responds systemically to tumors in ...

Cachexia – the massive depletion of muscle mass and adipose tissue – is commonly seen in people with cancer and other major illnesses. Also called cancer cachexia or cancer anorexia cachexia ...

Cachexia’s symptoms include weight loss, muscle wasting, loss of tissue and decreased strength. It is present in 50 to 80 per cent of cancer sufferers with solid tumours.

Cachexia was linked to a higher risk of death compared to patients without cachexia, which varied in the definitive criteria used (the Fearon 2011 criteria had a lower hazard ratio for OS than the ...

Cachexia can also surface during infections, for instance, by HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, and other parasites. The condition can’t be cured by getting patients to eat or by giving them nutritional ...