Cancer anorexia-cachexia syndrome is characterized by more than one inflammatory pathway
Authors: Bruno Gagnon
Affiliations
1 Département de médecine familiale et de médecine d'urgence, Centre de recherche sur le cancer, Université Laval, Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec, Québec, Canada.
2 Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada.
3 Department of Health, Kinesiology, and Applied Physiology, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
4 Clinical and Evaluative Research Platform, Université Laval, Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec, Québec, Canada.
5 Cura Therapeutics, NEOMED Institute, Saint-Laurent, Canada.
6 Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
7 Departments of Medicine and Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
8 Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
Description
CONCLUSIONS: This exploratory study identified three distinct pathways of inflammation, or lack thereof, characterizing different CACS phenotypes.
Keywords: Anorexia; Cachexia; Cancer; Cytokines; Inflammation; Survival analysis;
Links
PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38481033/
DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.13430