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The Society on Sarcopenia, Cachexia, and Wasting Disorders (SCWD) focuses on muscle wasting across a number of medical conditions and strives to enhance global health by advancing cutting-edge research that informs effective policies and practices for medical professionals and healthcare stakeholders.

Our mission is to address the challenges of cachexia (including cancer cachexia), sarcopenia, and wasting disorders involving all stakeholders to improve the lives of patients with cachexia and sarcopenia worldwide.

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Sex-specific survival but not tissue wasting in the KPP mouse model of pancreatic cancer-induced cachexia.

Association of cachexia with activities of daily living and discharge destinations among inpatients with dysphagia in a convalescent rehabilitation phase; A multi-center cohort study.

Body composition in patients with obesity-related heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: A comparison study.

Assessing the need for multimodal care in anorexia and cachexia patients with advanced cancer referred to palliative care: a secondary analysis of a multicenter survey in Japan.

Pre-surgery gut microbial diversity and abundance are associated with post-surgery onset of cachexia in colorectal cancer patients: the ColoCare Study.

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