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Cancer biology

a multifactorial wasting syndrome with ongoing loss of muscle mass that cannot be fully reversed by nutritional support.

In cancer biology, cancer cachexia refers to a multifactorial wasting syndrome with ongoing loss of muscle mass that cannot be fully reversed by nutritional support. This meaning comes from Fearon (2011) in The Lancet Oncology.[1]

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References

Fearon, K., Strasser, F., Anker, S. D., Bosaeus, I., Bruera, E., Fainsinger, R. L., Jatoi, A., Loprinzi, C., MacDonald, N., Mantovani, G., Davis, M., Muscaritoli, M., Ottery, F., Radbruch, L., Ravasco, P., Walsh, D., Wilcock, A., Kaasa, S., & Baracos, V. E. (2011). Definition and classification of cancer cachexia: an international consensus. The Lancet Oncology, 12(5), 489-495. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(10)70218-7

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