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

• Main Authors: Takehito Shukuya (Author), Kazuhisa Takahashi (Author), Yasushi Shintani (Author), Keita Miura (Author), Ikuo Sekine (Author), Koichi Takayama (Author), Akira Inoue (Author), Isamu Okamoto (Author), Katsuyuki Kiura (Author), Tomoya Kawaguchi (Author), Nobuyuki Yamamoto (Author), Etsuo Miyaoka (Author), Ichiro Yoshino (Author), Hiroshi Date (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...