Epidemiology, risk factors and impact of cachexia on patient outcome: Results from the Japanese Lung Cancer Registry Study

Abstract Background Cancer cachexia is a syndrome that does not fully recover with nutritional support and causes appetite loss and body weight loss. It worsens a patient's quality of life and prognosis. In this study, the epidemiology of cachexia in lung cancer, its risk factors and its impact...

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Published in:	Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle
Main Authors:	Takehito Shukuya, Kazuhisa Takahashi, Yasushi Shintani, Keita Miura, Ikuo Sekine, Koichi Takayama, Akira Inoue, Isamu Okamoto, Katsuyuki Kiura, Tomoya Kawaguchi, Nobuyuki Yamamoto, Etsuo Miyaoka, Ichiro Yoshino, Hiroshi Date
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2023-06-01
Subjects:	body weight loss cancer cachexia chemotherapy lung cancer risk factor survival
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.13216