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Research Article: Emerging markers of cancer cachexia and their relationship to sarcopenia

Date Published: 2023-10-31

Abstract:
Emerging biomarkers of cancer cachexia and their roles in sarcopenia and prognosis are poorly understood. Baseline assessments of anthropometrics, sarcopenia, cachexia status and biomarkers of cachexia were measured in patients with advanced cancer and healthy controls. Thereafter, relationships of the biomarkers with cachexia and sarcopenia were explored.

Introduction:
Cancer cachexia is defined as a multi-factorial and complex metabolic syndrome (Ryan et al. 2016) characterized by an ongoing loss of skeletal muscle mass (with or without functional impairment) that cannot be fully reversed by conventional nutritional support and leads to progressive functional impairment (Srdic et al. 2016).

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