Society Activities
Recent Projects include:
• International conferences
• Consensus workshops
• The Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle (JCSM)
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Latest Pubmed “Cachexia” article feed
- Advanced breast cancer with cachexia: A case report
- Three-Dimensional Adipocyte Culture as a Model to Study Cachexia-Induced White Adipose Tissue Remodeling
- Weight loss, malnutrition, and cachexia in COVID-19: facts and numbers
- Addressing and targeting earnest condition of advance breast cancer-related anorexia and cachexia through Rasayana therapy
- Measurement of body mass by bioelectrical impedance analysis and computed tomography in cancer patients with malnutrition - a cross-sectional observational study
- Nutrition and gastroenterological support in end of life care
- Cancer Cachexia Reduces the Efficacy of Nivolumab Treatment in Patients With Advanced Gastric Cancer
- Can chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine prove efficient in cancer cachexia? A hypothesis in the era of COVID-19
- Sarcopenia and Cancer Cachexia in the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer
- Comment on 'COVID-19: a major cause of cachexia and sarcopenia' by Morley et al
This year, the 13th international SCWD Conference on Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle Wasting with support of Charité University.
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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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.