Cachexia accounts for about 20% of all cancer-related deaths The AI detects cachexia with up to 85% accuracy MONDAY, April 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- A newly developed AI can predict which cancer ...

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People with advanced cancers often feel like their bodies are wasting away. That’s because of cachexia, a condition in which impaired metabolism leads to muscle wasting and drastic weight loss (SN: ...

Researchers have discovered a new potential drug target for the lethal wasting disease known as cancer cachexia. Their findings illustrate that even small groups of neurons in the brain can have an ...

A cruel consequence of advanced cancer is the profound apathy many patients experience as they lose interest in once-cherished activities. This symptom is part of a syndrome called cachexia, which ...

Cancer cachexia, or the wasting syndrome, is a catastrophic condition that causes dramatic and involuntary loss of muscle mass, fat and weight, alongside extreme fatigue, anorexia and anemia in ...

Patients with cancer cachexia and an elevated level of growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15) achieved significant increases in body weight with investigational ponsegromab, as well as other ...

In cachexia, liver metabolism is fundamentally reprogrammed. One gene, which normally regulates the liver’s activity throughout the day, ceases to function properly. Using a mouse model, the ...

This schematic illustration shows the major organs that are affected by and contribute to the development of pancreatic cancer cachexia. With pancreatic cancer at the center of the crosstalk network, ...