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Concurrent PIK3CA mutant promotes cachexia through inflammatory signaling in EGFR mutant lung cancer.

PIK3CA mutation is frequently concurrent with known oncogenic drivers such as EGFR mutation in lung cancer, raising an interesting question about its real function. Cachexia is a systemic disease arising from tumor-organ crosstalk, significantly contributing to cancer-related mortality. Through integrative...

🗓️ 2025-12-16
📰 Publication: Nature Communications
Read MoreConcurrent PIK3CA mutant promotes cachexia through inflammatory signaling in EGFR mutant lung cancer.

From Symptom to Outcome: Defining Clinically Meaningful Patient-Reported Appetite Loss in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.

BACKGROUND

Appetite loss is a common and distressing symptom in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), driven by both treatment side effects and disease progression. It often leads to unintended weight loss and cancer cachexia, significantly impairing patients' quality of life and survival....

🗓️ 2025-12-04
📰 Publication: Journal Of Cachexia Sarcopenia And Muscle
Read MoreFrom Symptom to Outcome: Defining Clinically Meaningful Patient-Reported Appetite Loss in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.

Tailored Exercise Prescription for People with COPD and Clinically Relevant Comorbidities: A Consensus Statement of the EXPERT Working Group and Experts in Pulmonary Rehabilitation.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a heterogeneous chronic lung condition often accompanied by comorbidities and systemic manifestations that affect the person's clinical condition and prognosis and often require specific treatment. Therefore, the management of COPD extends beyond treatment for...

🗓️ 2025-12-04
📰 Publication: Sports Medicine
Read MoreTailored Exercise Prescription for People with COPD and Clinically Relevant Comorbidities: A Consensus Statement of the EXPERT Working Group and Experts in Pulmonary Rehabilitation.

Evaluation of Weight Gain and Overall Survival of Men Versus Women With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

BACKGROUND

Weight stabilization or gain during cancer treatment is associated with increased survival. Analyses of weight gain by sex during cancer treatment and the effects of weight on survival have not been fully studied. This post hoc analysis retrospectively examined the...

🗓️ 2025-12-03
📰 Publication: Journal Of Cachexia Sarcopenia And Muscle
Read MoreEvaluation of Weight Gain and Overall Survival of Men Versus Women With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

Association of Pre- and Postdiagnosis Physical Activity, Promotion and Maintenance With Lung Cancer Survival: A Nationwide Cohort Study.

BACKGROUND

Physical activity (PA) is important for improving life expectancy and is suggested as a prognostic factor for various diseases. However, the association between PA and mortality outcomes in survivors of lung cancer remains unclear. Therefore, this study aimed to determine...

🗓️ 2025-10-01
📰 Publication: Journal Of Cachexia Sarcopenia And Muscle
Read MoreAssociation of Pre- and Postdiagnosis Physical Activity, Promotion and Maintenance With Lung Cancer Survival: A Nationwide Cohort Study.

Beyond Body Mass Index: The Impact of Height and Height-Normalised Weight on Overall Survival of Lung Cancer Undergoing Surgery.

Unlike most malignancies, increased adiposity, as expressed by a higher body mass index (BMI), is associated with improved prognosis after lung cancer surgery at the population level. Height, one of the determinants of BMI, is associated with better survival, independent...

🗓️ 2025-08-01
📰 Publication: Journal Of Cachexia Sarcopenia And Muscle
Read MoreBeyond Body Mass Index: The Impact of Height and Height-Normalised Weight on Overall Survival of Lung Cancer Undergoing Surgery.

Exploration of Fully-Automated Body Composition Analysis Using Routine CT-Staging of Lung Cancer Patients for Survival Prognosis.

AI-driven automated body composition analysis (BCA) may provide quantitative prognostic biomarkers derived from routine staging CTs. This two-centre study evaluates the prognostic value of these volumetric markers for overall survival in lung cancer patients. Lung cancer cohorts from Hospital A...

🗓️ 2025-08-01
📰 Publication: Journal Of Cachexia Sarcopenia And Muscle
Read MoreExploration of Fully-Automated Body Composition Analysis Using Routine CT-Staging of Lung Cancer Patients for Survival Prognosis.

Sarcopenia, Elevated Body Mass Index, and Platinum-Associated Adverse Events in Patients With Lung Cancer.

Patients with sarcopenia and elevated body mass index (BMI) are at high risk of platinum-associated adverse events (AEs). This study examines the association between sarcopenia, BMI, and AEs in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This retrospective cohort study...

🗓️ 2025-07-30
📰 Publication: Journal Of The National Comprehensive Cancer Network
Read MoreSarcopenia, Elevated Body Mass Index, and Platinum-Associated Adverse Events in Patients With Lung Cancer.

Effect of Cancer Cachexia on the Efficacy and Treatment Delivery of Chemotherapy in Older Patients With Advanced Small Cell Lung Cancer.

Cachexia is a syndrome in patients with cancer that reduces life quality and prognosis, characterized by severe weight loss, muscle atrophy, and anorexia. How cachexia adversely affects older patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) remains uncertain. This study aimed...

🗓️ 2025-06-01
📰 Publication: Thoracic Cancer
Read MoreEffect of Cancer Cachexia on the Efficacy and Treatment Delivery of Chemotherapy in Older Patients With Advanced Small Cell Lung Cancer.

Desensitizing Effect of Intra-Tumoral GDF-15 on Immunotherapy in Patients With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

Serum growth/differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15) suppresses anti-tumor immunity and predicts prognosis in several malignancies. Elevated GDF-15 levels are linked to cancer cachexia, characterized by weight loss and systemic inflammation, adversely affecting patient outcomes and therapy response. However, serum GDF-15 is...

🗓️ 2025-05-01
📰 Publication: Thoracic Cancer
Read MoreDesensitizing Effect of Intra-Tumoral GDF-15 on Immunotherapy in Patients With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

Walking Speed and Risk of Cancer in Two Prospective Cohort Studies.

Walking speed is a reliable marker of sarcopenia and a strong predictor of mortality, but its relationship with cancer incidence remains largely unexplored. We aimed to investigate the association between walking speed and the risk of any cancer and five...

🗓️ 2025-06-01
📰 Publication: Journal Of Cachexia Sarcopenia And Muscle
Read MoreWalking Speed and Risk of Cancer in Two Prospective Cohort Studies.

A Novel Research Paradigm for Sarcopenia of Limb Muscles: Lessons From the Perpetually Working Diaphragm's Anti-Aging Mechanisms.

Skeletal muscle function and mass continuously decrease during aging. Most studies target limb muscles owing to their direct impact on mobility and falls risk. The diaphragm (DIA), also a type of skeletal muscle with different phenotype, has received less attention....

🗓️ 2025-04-01
📰 Publication: Journal Of Cachexia Sarcopenia And Muscle
Read MoreA Novel Research Paradigm for Sarcopenia of Limb Muscles: Lessons From the Perpetually Working Diaphragm's Anti-Aging Mechanisms.

A Dynamic Time Warping Extension to Consensus Weight-Based Cachexia Criteria Improves Prediction of Cancer Patient Outcomes.

Cachexia is a complex syndrome that impacts up to half of patients with cancer. Criteria systems have been developed for the purpose of diagnosing and grading cachexia severity in clinical settings. One of the most widely known is those developed...

🗓️ 2025-01-29
Read MoreA Dynamic Time Warping Extension to Consensus Weight-Based Cachexia Criteria Improves Prediction of Cancer Patient Outcomes.

Anamorelin Efficacy in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients With Cachexia: Insights From ROMANA 1 and ROMANA 2.

Cancer cachexia presents a significant challenge, but the ghrelin agonist anamorelin shows promise as a potential treatment. This study examined whether the baseline systemic inflammatory response (SIR) (measured by the modified Glasgow Prognostic Score [mGPS]), low BMI or greater weight...

🗓️ 2025-02-01
📰 Publication: Journal Of Cachexia Sarcopenia And Muscle
Read MoreAnamorelin Efficacy in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients With Cachexia: Insights From ROMANA 1 and ROMANA 2.

Body composition alterations in patients with lung cancer.

Most patients with lung cancer experience cancer cachexia (CC), a syndrome of skeletal muscle and adipose tissue wasting. Knowledge of body composition changes in patients is limited, however, because most studies have been cross-sectional, comparing patients with non-cancer controls or...

🗓️ 2025-01-31
📰 Publication: American Journal Of Physiology-Cell Physiology
Read MoreBody composition alterations in patients with lung cancer.

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