"Cachexia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
General ill health, malnutrition, and weight loss, usually associated with chronic disease.
| Descriptor ID |
D002100
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.144.243.963.500.500
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cachexia" by people in Profiles.
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Cachexia is a risk factor for negative clinical and functional outcomes in patients receiving chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy for B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Br J Haematol. 2022 04; 197(1):71-75.
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Evaluation of the impact of cachexia on clinical outcomes in aggressive lymphoma. Br J Haematol. 2019 07; 186(1):45-53.
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Nutrition Support for Critically Ill Patients With Cancer. Nutr Clin Pract. 2017 Oct; 32(5):578-586.
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Impact of cachexia on outcomes in aggressive lymphomas. Ann Hematol. 2017 Jun; 96(6):951-956.
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Differentiating Sarcopenia and Cachexia Among Patients With Cancer. Nutr Clin Pract. 2017 Feb; 32(1):30-39.
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Relationship between efficacy outcomes and weight gain during treatment of advanced, non-squamous, non-small-cell lung cancer patients. Ann Oncol. 2016 08; 27(8):1612-9.
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Change in body mass index and risk of incident Alzheimer disease. Neurology. 2005 Sep 27; 65(6):892-7.
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Myeloablative chemotherapy for recurrent aggressive oligodendroglioma. Neuro Oncol. 2000 04; 2(2):114-9.