This year, the 12th international SCWD Conference on Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle Wasting with support of Charité University will take place in Berlin.
Maastricht, The Netherland 2018 Cachexia Conference
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7-9th December 2018
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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
Society Activities
Recent Projects include:
• International conferences
• Consensus workshops
• The Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle (JCSM)
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Presentations – Berlin 2016
Sarcopenia, Cachexia and Muscle Wasting 9th International Conference
Selected Powerpoint presentations from the successful Dec ’16 meeting.
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11th annual conference
“Save the Date”. The 2017 SCWD cachexia conference will take place in Rome, 8-10 Dec ’17.
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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.