The syndrome called cachexia is responsible for between one-fifth and one-third of all cancer deaths.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference

I know cigarettes cause cancer, but cancer causes cachexia, which is massive weight loss and appetite loss.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ali A. Rizvi: The Ultimate 9-Step Guide to Looking Good] Reference

One of the most frightening symptoms of advanced cancer is "cachexia", or severe, unintentional weight-loss and wasting.    From Wordnik.com.  [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference

Further growth of the European hGH market depends on the EMEA's approval of hGH treatment for new indications such as cachexia and achondroplasia.    From Wordnik.com.  [in-PharmaTechnologist RSS] Reference

Above 18,000 feet, human life is in a losing battle against cachexia.    From Wordnik.com.  [High Risk] Reference

Here was a gold-torc human male, reduced to a virtual skeleton by cachexia.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Golden Torc]

A common cause of death in cancer patients is cachexia, the weakness and wasting that make the disease so horrific.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Moment Of Death] Reference

It reduced tumors, stopped tumor growth, stopped cachexia, and caused “spontaneous remission” in 66% of ALL cancers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » FACT CHECK: Bush Has Cut Funding For Cancer Research] Reference

The rationale is that a fat - and calorie-packed diet prevents or combats cachexia, the "starvation response" seen in cancer patients.    From Wordnik.com.  [Keith I. Block, M.D.: How Diet Affects Cancer] Reference

Indeed, this trial was suspended in view of the unacceptably high levels of IL-2 toxicity and the severity of side effects such as fever and cachexia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Balkinization] Reference

Although cachexia generally connotes a state of advanced malnutrition and wasting, we now know that this term refers more specifically to a loss of body cell mass.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forever Young] Reference

In syphilis and mercurial cachexia its results are less doubtful.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines] Reference

Rosiglitazone slows progression of cachexia in cancer affected mice.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference

(BMI average BMI 23 kg/m2) and ten who had cachexia (average BMI 16 kg/m2).    From Wordnik.com.  [Pallimed: A Hospice & Palliative Medicine Blog] Reference

Physicians call it cachexia, when there is no part of the body free from distemper.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lord's Prayer] Reference

He was anemic, greatly emaciated, and had the marked cachexia of a malignant growth.    From Wordnik.com.  [With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon] Reference

Current estimates of the market for cachexia therapies are in the range of EUR1 billion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference

GTx completed a successful Phase 2B Ostarine clinical trial for cancer cachexia in October.    From Wordnik.com.  [National Business News - Local Business News | bizjournals] Reference

In some cases, constant oozing of blood from the ulcerated area adds greatly to the cachexia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference

Ohr Pharmaceutical Inc. is developing OHR/AVR118 for treatment of cachexia based on technology acqui.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference

Existing therapies for cachexia, such as steroids and cytokine inhibitors, often have serious side effects.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference

The inability to maintain the nutrition is evidenced by loss of weight and the rapid development of cachexia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference

Before now, cachexia, characterized by muscle wasting and dramatic weight loss, was believed to spare the heart.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

Previous studies have suggested that cachexia is responsible for between one-fifth and one-third of all cancer deaths.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

The National Cancer Institute estimates cachexia is the immediate cause of death for at least 20\% of cancer patients.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Myostatin overexpression in mice induces profound muscle and fat loss analogous to that seen in human cachexia syndromes.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

A comparison of long-chain triglycerides and medium-chain triglycerides on weight loss and tumour size in cachexia model.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Furthermore, cachexia candidate drug GLPG0492 entered Phase I studies, marking the Company's fifth clinical development program.    From Wordnik.com.  [FinanzNachrichten.de: Aktuelle Nachrichten] Reference

Ainslie states that the native herb-doctors of India give the juice in intestinal obstruction and in the oedema of malarial cachexia.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines] Reference

Colon cancer and other gastrointestinal tumors, as well as some lung cancers, are most commonly associated with development of cachexia.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

The latest law in New Jersey, however, eliminated chronic pain, chronic nausea, and cachexia, making it the most restrictive list in the nation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

JAK1 is hypothesized to have an effect on cytokines and cachexia, and thus may improve the quality of life in patients with JAK2 mediated diseases.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference

GTx is a legitimate development firm attempting to commercialize SARMs for medical conditions including cancer cachexia, sarcopenia, and osteoporosis.    From Wordnik.com.  [MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians] Reference

OHR/AVR118 has shown excellent therapeutic efficacy and safety in human clinical trials in over 100 patients with applications for cachexia in Cancer and AIDS patients, as well as.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference