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CachexiaCachexia is loss of weight, muscle atrophy, fatigue, weakness and significant loss of appetite in someone who is not actively trying to lose weight. It can be a sign of various underlying disorders; when a patient presents with cachexia, a doctor will generally consider the possibility of cancer, certain infectious diseases and some autoimmune disorders, or addiction to drugs such as amphetamines or cocaine.Cachexia physically weakens patients to a state of immobility stemming from loss of appetite, asthenia, and anemia, and response to standard treatment is usually poor. (From the Wikpedia article Cachexia.) Download PDF 
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An Innovative Treatment Approach for Cancer-Related Anorexia/Cachexia and Oxidative Stress: Background and Design of an Ongoing, Phase III, Randomized Clinical Trial.
BACKGROUND: -The Stent or Surgery Trial is a randomized, controlled trial... | 18th July, 2008
| Department of Medical Oncology, University of Cagliari, Italy.
| Support Cancer Ther. 2007 May 1;4(3):163-7.
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Evaluation of nutritional status and dietary intake in patients with advanced cancer on palliative care.
AIM: Cancer cachexia and malnutrition are very common in patients... | 11th July, 2008
| Metabolic-Nutritional Unit, Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, IRCCS
| Minerva Gastroenterol Dietol. 2008 Sep;54(3):243-50.
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Morphology, metabolism, microcirculation, and strength of skeletal muscles in cancer-related cachexia.
Purpose. Cancer-related cachexia is an obscure syndrome leading to muscle... | 9th July, 2008
| Department of Radiology, German Cancer Research Center (dkfz), Heidelberg,
| Acta Oncol. 2008 May 19;:1-9.
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Electrical stimulation and muscle strengthening.
OBJECTIVES: To identify the effects of application methods and indications... | 8th July, 2008
| EA 4136 handicap et systeme nerveux, service de medecine physique et
| Ann Readapt Med Phys. 2008 Jun 18;.
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mPGES-1 knock-out mice are resistant to cancer-induced anorexia despite the absence of central mPGES-1 up-regulation in wild-type anorexic mice.
Anorexia-cachexia syndrome is a very common symptom observed in... | 8th July, 2008
| Centre de Recherche en Neurobiologie-Neurophysiologie de Marseille
| J Neuroimmunol. 2008 Jul 3;.
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Companies working in the area of Cachexia from Bioportfolio's Biocorporate database : |  |
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GTx, Inc., headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development and commercialization of novel hormonal therapeutics for cancer and serious...
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Palatin Technologies (AMEX:PTN) is a biopharmaceutical company primarily focused on discovering and developing targeted, receptor-specific small molecule and peptide therapeutics, including...
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Santhera Pharmaceuticals is a Swiss biopharmaceutical company focusing on the discovery, development and marketing of small molecule pharmaceutical products for the treatment of neuromuscular diseases...
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