This year, the 14th international SCWD Conference on Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle Wasting with support of Charité University.
Society Activities
Recent Projects include:
• International conferences
• Consensus workshops
• The Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle (JCSM)
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Invitation to the 14th international SCWD Conference by Prof Anker, Germany
Latest Pubmed “Cachexia” article feed
- The Treatment of Cancer Cachexia
- Drosophila Larval Models of Invasive Tumorigenesis for In Vivo Studies on Tumour/Peripheral Host Tissue Interactions during Cancer Cachexia
- Perturbed BMP signaling and denervation promote muscle wasting in cancer cachexia
- Caveolin-1 increases glycolysis in pancreatic cancer cells and triggers cachectic states
- Impact of cancer cachexia on the therapeutic outcome of combined chemoimmunotherapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective study
- The Spectrum of Malnutrition/Cachexia/Sarcopenia in Oncology According to Different Cancer Types and Settings: A Narrative Review
- Targeting cancer via ribosome biogenesis: the cachexia perspective
- Sarcopenia and Cachexia-associated Risk in Surgery
- Rare case of diabetic neuropathic cachexia along with diabetic amyotrophy
- Biomarkers for Cancer Cachexia: A Mini Review
Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle Wasting: Definition
INTERVIEWS
Dr A Schols – towards a multi-modal intervention strategy in cachexia treatment
Dr John Morley discuses recent sarcopenia definitions
Prof Muscaritoli on the Premio study and cachexia prevalence in patients with cancer
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13th annual conference
“Save the Date”. The 2020 SCWD Cachexia Conference will take place Congress online 11-13 December
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About the SCWD society
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Research and education in cachexia, …
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Overview of wasting disorders
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Definitions of cachexia and sarcopenia
View recent definitions from the literature together with videos on how to define cachexia and sarcopenia.