It is most important to keep a patient healthy and nourished (to avoid a condition
called cancer cachexia, which refers to severe malnutrition in cancer patients).
About 50 % of the cancer survivors seen at RMCRI suffer from a condition
called cancer cachexia, resulting from cancer and cancer treatments.
Not exact matches
In fact, about 40 percent of people with
cancer report unexplained weight loss at the time of diagnosis and 80 percent of advanced
cancer patients deal with weight loss and muscle loss —
called cachexia.
His team has previously found
cancer patients with an anorexic and muscle - wasting syndrome
called cachexia also have high blood levels of GDF15.