DelveInsight's Cancer Cachexia Market Insights report includes a comprehensive understanding of current treatment practices, cancer cachexia emerging drugs, market share of individual therapies ...

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 ...

Many people with cancer experience dramatic loss of muscle and fat tissue. In many cases, even the heart muscle is affected, which further weakens the body. This wasting syndrome, known as 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 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 ...

"Cachexia is a common condition in cancer patients associated with weight loss, functional decline and, ultimately, poor outcomes," said Dr. Jeffrey Crawford, principal investigator and George ...

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 is the muscle wasting and weight loss that often accompany cancer's effects. Two potential treatments that may boost muscle strength are in Phase 3 clinical trials.

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 ...

Cachexia (pronounced kuh-KEK-see-uh) occurs as a result of other diseases -- such as cancer, HIV and AIDs, kidney or heart failure or advanced kidney disease.

Muscle wasting (sarcopenia) and loss of weight (cachexia) can occur in patients with heart failure. In this Review, von Haehling and colleagues provide an overview of the prevalence and ...