| Research progress of pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of cancer cachexia |
| Received:March 19, 2021 Revised:January 23, 2022 Click here to download the full text |
| Citation of this paper:XU Jia-hao,WANG Jun-jie,TAN Shan-jun,WU Guo-hao.Research progress of pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of cancer cachexia[J].Chinese Journal of Clinical Medicine,2023,30(6):1074-1079 |
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| Author Name | Affiliation | E-mail | | XU Jia-hao | Shanghai Clinical Nutrition Research Center, Shanghai 200032, China
Department of General Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China | | | WANG Jun-jie | Shanghai Clinical Nutrition Research Center, Shanghai 200032, China
Department of General Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China | | | TAN Shan-jun | Shanghai Clinical Nutrition Research Center, Shanghai 200032, China
Department of General Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China | | | WU Guo-hao | Shanghai Clinical Nutrition Research Center, Shanghai 200032, China
Department of General Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China | wu.guohao@zs-hospital.sh.cn |
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| Abstract:Cancer cachexia is a complex metabolic syndrome which is characterized by muscle wasting, fat decomposition, unplanned weight loss, anorexia and immune dysfunction. Cachexia can significantly reduce the efficacy of antitumor therapies and increase treatment-related toxicity in cancer patients. It increases the symptom burden of patients, affects the quality of their life, ultimately shortens their survival time. This article reviews the research progress of diagnosis and treatment of cancer cachexia. |
| keywords:cachexia cancer diagnosis assessment treatment |
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