Affiliation:
1. Te Omanga Hospice, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Abstract
Causes of weakness are considered and attention is drawn to those that may be capable of amelioration. The mechanisms of cancer cachexia are reviewed. The role of reduced food intake, negative energy balance and metabolic changes occurring in cancer patients is examined.
Subject
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine,General Medicine
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6 articles.
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