Cachexia in Cancer

 

1 Biochemical/Molecular Basis of Cachexia

2004 The biochemical basis of metabolism in cancer cachexia

Geriatric cachexia: the role of cytokines

2 Treatment approaches of cancer cachexia

Life Extension Information on Cachexia

Treatment of cachexia Cancer Medicine

Juven (arginine, glutamine, HMB)  Prosure Omega-3 fatty-acids + protein to prevent muscle wasting of Cancer

1990 Inhibition of weight loss by omega-3 fatty acids in an experimental cachexia model.

1996  Is there a role for melatonin in the treatment of cachexia?

2001 IL-6-like cytokines and cancer cachexia: consequences of chronic inflammation

2002 Reversal of cancer-related wasting using oral supplementation with a combination of beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate, arginine, and glutamine.

2003 Antioxidant agents are effective in inducing lymphocyte progression through cell cycle in advanced cancer patients: assessment of the most important laboratory indexes of cachexia and oxidative stress

2004 Effect of beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate, arginine, and lysine supplementation on strength, functionality, body composition, and protein metabolism in elderly women.

2005  Plasmid-based growth hormone-releasing hormone supplementation and its applications

2005
Treatment of Cachexia With Ghrelin in Patients With COPD

 

3. Omega-3 Fatty Acids

The 'cancer cachectic factor'. n-3 fatty-acids

Eicosapentaenoic acid supplementation reduces tumor volume and attenuates cachexia in a rat model of progressive non-metastasizing malignancy

Tolerance and incorporation of a high-dose eicosapentaenoic acid diester emulsion by patients with pancreatic cancer cachexia.