Cancer cachexia awareness, diagnosis, and treatment are lacking among oncology providers.

What it found

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Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. Medical Cannabinoids for Cancer Cachexia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.BioMed research international · 2019
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2. Long-term stability of the triglyceride-glucose index in cancer patient Cohort.Scientific reports · 2026
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3. A Novel Definition and Grading Diagnostic Criteria for Tumour-Type-Specific Comprehensive Cachexia Risk.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2025
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4. AWGC2023 cachexia consensus as a valuable tool for predicting prognosis and burden in Chinese patients with cancer.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2024
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5. Nanoparticles for inducing Gaucher disease-like damage in cancer cells.Nature nanotechnology · 2024
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6. Therapeutic and Supportive Effects of Cannabinoids in Patients with Brain Tumors (CBD Oil and Cannabis).Current treatment options in oncology · 2023
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7. Exosomal miR-155 from gastric cancer induces cancer-associated cachexia by suppressing adipogenesis and promoting brown adipose differentiationCancer biology & medicine · 2022
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8. Visceral adipose tissue remodeling in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cachexia: the role of activin A signaling.Scientific reports · 2022
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9. New Prospect for Cancer Cachexia: Medical Cannabinoid.Journal of Cancer · 2019
   Review
10. Establishing a clinical phenotype for cachexia in end stage kidney disease - study protocol.BMC nephrology · 2018
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Corrections and comments

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  Perspectives of health care professionals on cancer cachexia: results from three global surveys.2016

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