therapeutics

The role of the nurse in meeting the educational needs for self-care in cachectic cancer patients and their family caregivers: A scoping review.

To give an overview of what is known about the nurse contribution to education in self-care by people with cancer cachexia and their family caregivers. Nurse-led patient education can help patients and their family caregivers to manage cancer symptoms, cancer...

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 2023-08-23
Read MoreThe role of the nurse in meeting the educational needs for self-care in cachectic cancer patients and their family caregivers: A scoping review.

Perception of subjective lived experiences of individuals with anorexia-cachexia in patients with advanced lung cancer.

Cancer cachexia (CC) is a frequent and debilitating syndrome in patients with cancer. It has serious implications for patients, extending beyond physical problems into psychological, and social domains. The objective of our study was to qualitatively understand the experiences related...

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 2023-10-10
Read MorePerception of subjective lived experiences of individuals with anorexia-cachexia in patients with advanced lung cancer.

Harnessing the Systemic Biology of Functional Decline and Cachexia to Inform more Holistic Therapies for Incurable Cancers.

Options for treatment of incurable cancer remain scarce and are largely focused on limited therapeutic mechanisms. A new approach specific to advanced cancers is needed to identify new and effective treatments. Morbidity in advanced cancer is driven by functional decline...

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 2024-01-14
Read MoreHarnessing the Systemic Biology of Functional Decline and Cachexia to Inform more Holistic Therapies for Incurable Cancers.

Body composition and lung cancer-associated cachexia in TRACERx.

Cancer-associated cachexia (CAC) is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality in individuals with non-small cell lung cancer. Key features of CAC include alterations in body composition and body weight. Here, we explore the association between body composition and body...

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 2023-04-12
๐Ÿ“ฐ Publication: Nat Med
Read MoreBody composition and lung cancer-associated cachexia in TRACERx.

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