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Sign in to saveCachexia () is a syndrome that occurs in people with certain illnesses, causing muscle loss that cannot be fully reversed with improved nutrition. It most commonly occurs in cases of cancer, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic kidney disease, and AIDS. These conditions change how the body handles inflammation, metabolism, and brain signaling. This can lead to muscle loss and other harmful changes to body composition over time. Unlike weight loss from inadequate caloric intake, cachexia mainly causes muscle loss and can happen with or without fat loss. Diagn
Key facts
- Medical condition.name
- Cachexia
- Medical condition.synonyms
- Wasting syndrome
- Medical condition.image
- Riehl Zumbusch Tafel LVIII (2).jpg
- Medical condition.caption
- Person with cancer-associated cachexia
- Medical condition.field
- Oncology, internal medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation
- Medical condition.symptoms
- Sudden weight loss, altered eating signals
- Medical condition.prognosis
- Very poor
- Medical condition.frequency
- 1%
- Medical condition.deaths
- 1.5 to 2 million people a year
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Research
15,585 papers- Cancer cachexia: molecular mechanisms and treatment strategies.Journal of hematology & oncology · 2023
- Definition and classification of cancer cachexia: an international consensus.The Lancet. Oncology · 2011
- Cancer Cachexia: Its Mechanism and Clinical Significance.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
- Mechanisms of cancer cachexia and targeted therapeutic strategies.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Reviews on cancer · 2024
- Cachexia: a new definition.Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2008
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- ICPC 2 ID
- T08
- Commons category
- Cachexia
- exact match
- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/SYMP_0000402
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