Once the cancer is successfully treated, the
cancer cachexia will abate.
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Effect of a protein and energy dense N-3 fatty acid enriched oral supplement on loss of weight and lean tissue in
cancer cachexia: a randomised double blind trial.
* Coverage of the
Cancer Cachexia pipeline on the basis of route of administration and molecule type.
Cancer cachexia impairs quality of life and response to therapy, increasing morbidity and mortality of cancer patients.
Zinc-alpha2-glycoprotein, a lipid mobilizing factor, is expressed in adipocytes and is up-regulated in mice with
cancer cachexia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004;101:2500-5.
Role of TNF receptor 1 in protein turnover during
cancer cachexia using gene knockout mice.
"The current scientific consensus is that
cancer cachexia results primarily from an underlying metabolic imbalance induced by the cancer, causing the body's metabolism to speed up," explains Keith Block, medical director of the Block Center for Integrative Cancer Care, Evanston, Ill.
The
Cancer Cachexia guidelines were developed by an expert group of Australian dietitians experienced in the area (
Cancer Cachexia Steering Committee).