- ►annals.org [PDF] DP Kotler - Annals of internal medicine, 2000 - Am Coll Physicians Cachexia represents the clinical consequence of a chronic, sys- temic
inflammatory response, and its manifestations differ consid- erably from those
of starvation. Although cachexia is classically associated with chronic ... Cited by 258 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►bmj.com E Bruera - BMJ: British Medical Journal, 1997 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov Cachexia is a complex syndrome that combines weight loss, lipolysis, loss of
muscle and visceral protein, anorexia, chronic nausea, and weakness. Severe
cachexia occurs in most patients with advanced cancer or AIDS. This article ... Cited by 125 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►aacrjournals.org A Inui - Cancer research, 1999 - AACR Progressive wasting is common in many types of cancer and is one of the most
important factors leading to early death in cancer patients. Weight loss is a
potent stimulus to food intake in normal humans and animals. The ... Cited by 209 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►uab.edu [PDF] A Inui - CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2002 - Am Cancer Soc Cachexia is among the most debilitating and life-threatening aspects of cancer.
Associated with anorexia, fat and muscle tissue wasting, psychological distress,
and a lower quality of life, cachexia arises from a complex interaction ... Cited by 235 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 10 versions
JM Argiles, SH Meijsing, J Pallares-Trujillo, … - Medicinal Research Reviews, 2001 - interscience.wiley.com It is also possible that your web browser is not configured or not able to
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- ►oxfordjournals.org [PDF] MJ Tisdale - JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 1997 - jnci.oxfordjournals.org About half of all cancer patients show a syndrome of cachex- ia, characterized
by loss of adipose tissue and skeletal muscle mass. Such patients have a
decreased survival time, com- pared with the survival time among patients ... Cited by 277 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
MJ Tisdale - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2002 - nature.com Cachexia — the massive (up to 80%) loss of both adipose tissue and skeletal
muscle mass — is a significant factor in the poor performance status and high
mortality rate of cancer patients. Although this metabolic defect has been ... Cited by 258 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
DC McMillan, HR Scott, WS Watson, T Preston … - Nutrition and cancer, 1998 - 万方数据资源系统 There is recent evidence that the inflammatory response may be important in the
disproportionate loss of body cell mass in cancer patients. To examine this
further, 18 male patients with lung or gastrointestinal cancer were studied ... Cited by 51 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►promotingexcellence.org [PDF] N MacDonald, AM Easson, VC Mazurak, GP … - Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2003 - Elsevier Mrs MJ is a 56-year-old architect with a husband and two children. You performed
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