Cancer cachexia: a nutritional or a systemic inflammatory syndrome?

TY - JOUR

T1 - Cancer cachexia

T2 - a nutritional or a systemic inflammatory syndrome?

AU - McGovern, Josh

AU - Dolan, Ross D.

AU - Skipworth, Richard J.

AU - Laird, Barry J.

AU - McMillan, Donald C.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.

PY - 2022/8/1

Y1 - 2022/8/1

N2 - Cancer cachexia has long been perceived as a nutritional syndrome. However, nutritional interventions have continued to be ineffective. With the recent recognition of the importance of systemic inflammation in the definition of this syndrome and treatment, has the time come to consider whether this syndrome is primarily a manifestation of systemic inflammation with the consequent implications for future treatment?

AB - Cancer cachexia has long been perceived as a nutritional syndrome. However, nutritional interventions have continued to be ineffective. With the recent recognition of the importance of systemic inflammation in the definition of this syndrome and treatment, has the time come to consider whether this syndrome is primarily a manifestation of systemic inflammation with the consequent implications for future treatment?

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85130053895

U2 - 10.1038/s41416-022-01826-2

DO - 10.1038/s41416-022-01826-2

M3 - Comment/debate

C2 - 35523879

AN - SCOPUS:85130053895

SN - 0007-0920

VL - 127

SP - 379

EP - 382

JO - British Journal of Cancer

JF - British Journal of Cancer

IS - 3

ER -