Components of the anorexia-cachexia syndrome: gastrointestinal symptom correlates of cancer anorexia

YAVUZŞEN T., Walsh D., Davis M. P., Kirkova J., Jin T., LeGrand S., ...More

SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER, vol.17, no.12, pp.1531-1541, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 17 Issue: 12
  • Publication Date: 2009
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00520-009-0623-5
  • Journal Name: SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1531-1541
  • Keywords: Anorexia, Cancer, Gastrointestinal, Symptoms, Palliation, Cachexia, LEARNED FOOD AVERSIONS, CLINICAL-IMPLICATIONS, NUTRITIONAL-STATUS, TASTE SENSATION, EARLY SATIETY, WEIGHT-LOSS, CHEMOTHERAPY, MALNUTRITION, APPETITE
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Cancer-related anorexia is traditionally considered part of a complex but ill-defined anorexia-cachexia syndrome in which anorexia is intimately associated with other gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms and weight loss. We surveyed cancer patients with anorexia to learn more about the relationship between anorexia and these symptoms.