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What is Cancer Cachexia?

April 26, 2017cachexia cancer

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What is Cancer Cachexia?

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Cancer cachexia, or the unintentional loss of muscle mass and body weight, may lead to loss of protein stores, severe weakness and fatigue, immobility, loss of independence and an inability to tolerate and respond to cancer treatments. An estimated 1.3 million cancer patients in the United States have cancer cachexia.15 Cancer-induced muscle wasting is thought to be responsible for greater than 20% of cancer deaths.16 There are no drugs currently approved for the treatment of cancer wasting.