cachexia

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"This discovery could have implications for cancer patients who experience cachexia, or muscle wasting due to the disease and its treatments."

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

His fellow cachexia researchers have been eagerly sharing the study on social media, he says, “and it seems like they’re really excited to follow up on it.”

From Science Magazine • Apr. 2, 2024

Several years earlier, other international forensics experts had already rejected the official cause of death as cachexia, or weakness and wasting of the body due to chronic illness — in his case, cancer.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2024

He had been suffering from prostate cancer and his death certificate said he died of "cancerous cachexia" - a wasting away caused by the disease.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2023

At the present day this cachexia is regarded rather as the result than the cause of the tumor, whereas formerly the reverse was the case.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various