For many families, the most shocking part of a cancer journey is not the tumour itself, but the steady wasting that follows — loss of appetite, falling weight, thinning muscles, and the feeling that ...

According to the National Cancer Institute, nearly one-third of cancer deaths can be attributed to a wasting syndrome known as cachexia. Cachexia, an indicator of the advanced stages of disease, is a ...

Gross necropsy of the cachectic female B6;129S2-Tnfsf5 tm1Imx mouse showed minimal contents to be present in the gastrointestinal tract and scant, hard feces present in the colon. Multiple tissue ...

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