Cancer Cachexia: Definition, Staging, and Emerging Treatments
Jun Ni, Li Zhang Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Li ZhangDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicin...
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doaj-cef7dbdef11347309ebcd2313f64b14a2020-11-25T03:45:20ZengDove Medical PressCancer Management and Research1179-13222020-07-01Volume 125597560555197Cancer Cachexia: Definition, Staging, and Emerging TreatmentsNi JZhang LJun Ni, Li Zhang Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Li ZhangDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, People’s Republic of ChinaTel +86 13911339836Fax +86 10-69158760Email zhanglipumch1026@sina.comAbstract: Cachexia is a multifactorial disease characterized by weight loss via skeletal muscle and adipose tissue loss, an imbalance in metabolic regulation, and reduced food intake. It is caused by factors of catabolism produced by tumors in the systemic circulation as well as physiological factors such as the imbalanced inflammatory activation, proteolysis, autophagy, and lipolysis that may occur with gastric, pancreatic, esophageal, lung cancer, liver, and bowel cancer. Cancer cachexia not only negatively affects the quality of life of patients with cancer but also reduces the effectiveness of anti-cancer chemotherapy and increases its toxicity, leading to increased cancer-related mortality and expenditure of medical resources. Currently, there are no effective medical interventions to completely reverse cachexia and no approved drugs. Adequate nutritional support is the main method of cachexia treatment, while drugs that target the inhibition of catabolism, cell damage, and excessive activation of inflammation are under study. This article reviews recent advances in the diagnosis, staging, and evaluation of cancer cachexia.Keywords: cancer cachexia, disease staging, metabolic dysfunctionhttps://www.dovepress.com/cancer-cachexia-definition-staging-and-emerging-treatments-peer-reviewed-article-CMARcancer cachexiadisease stagingmetabolic dysfunction |
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Cancer Cachexia: Definition, Staging, and Emerging Treatments |
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Jun Ni, Li Zhang Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Li ZhangDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, People’s Republic of ChinaTel +86 13911339836Fax +86 10-69158760Email zhanglipumch1026@sina.comAbstract: Cachexia is a multifactorial disease characterized by weight loss via skeletal muscle and adipose tissue loss, an imbalance in metabolic regulation, and reduced food intake. It is caused by factors of catabolism produced by tumors in the systemic circulation as well as physiological factors such as the imbalanced inflammatory activation, proteolysis, autophagy, and lipolysis that may occur with gastric, pancreatic, esophageal, lung cancer, liver, and bowel cancer. Cancer cachexia not only negatively affects the quality of life of patients with cancer but also reduces the effectiveness of anti-cancer chemotherapy and increases its toxicity, leading to increased cancer-related mortality and expenditure of medical resources. Currently, there are no effective medical interventions to completely reverse cachexia and no approved drugs. Adequate nutritional support is the main method of cachexia treatment, while drugs that target the inhibition of catabolism, cell damage, and excessive activation of inflammation are under study. This article reviews recent advances in the diagnosis, staging, and evaluation of cancer cachexia.Keywords: cancer cachexia, disease staging, metabolic dysfunction |
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