Cachexia, a systemic wasting condition, is considered a late consequence of diseases,
including cancer, organ failure, or infections, and contributes to significant morbidity and …

Sarcopenia is a progressive and generalized loss of skeletal muscle mass and function. The
prevalence of sarcopenia was reported to be up to 29% in older persons in the community …

Background Cachexia is a common complication of cancer and is associated with an
increased risk of death. The level of growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15), a circulating …

Summary The Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) provides consensus
criteria for the diagnosis of malnutrition that can be widely applied. The GLIM approach is …

Nutritional status in oncological patients may differ according to several modifiable and non-
modifiable factors. Knowledge of the epidemiology of malnutrition/cachexia/sarcopenia may …

Cachexia remains an underdiagnosed and undertreated, complex condition which includes
'objective'components (eg inadequate food intake, weight loss, inactivity, loss of muscle …

Abstract Background in 2010, the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People
(EWGSOP) published a sarcopenia definition that aimed to foster advances in identifying …

The term sarcopenia, derived from the Greek words sarx for flesh and penia for loss, was first
introduced by Rosenberg 1 in 1989 to describe the loss of muscle mass that accompanies …

Most patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) present with symptomatic,
surgically unresectable disease. Although the goal of early detection of PDAC is laudable …

The vulnerability of cancer cells to nutrient deprivation and their dependency on specific
metabolites are emerging hallmarks of cancer. Fasting or fasting-mimicking diets (FMDs) …