“Decreased appetite and chemosensory alterations can be caused by both cancer and its treatment; untreated tumors cause loss of appetite, and by itself, chemotherapy also causes loss of appetite. In any individual patient, some part of both of these effects is usually present," Wismer said. “...
Omega-3 fatty acids improve appetite in cancer anorexia, but tumor resecting restores it. Surgery 2006; 139: 202-8.Goncalves CG,Ramos EJ,Romanova IV,et al.Omega-3 fatty acids improve appetite in cancer anorexia,but tumor resecting restores it.Journal of Surgery. 2006...
In patients with cancer, a strong association exists between anorexia and poor quality of life, increased morbidity and mortality, underlining the negative effects of appetite loss on outcomes of patients with cancer.Considering the clinical relevance of anorexia, several diagnostic tools have been ...
The life expectancy for stage 4 mesothelioma patients ranges from about one to two years. The median survival time for these patients is 14.9 months. Researchers are continuing to explore many treatments in studies that could improve survival time further. According to the American Cancer Society, ...
Osteoarthritis (OA) has long been considered as a degenerative disease of cartilage tissue resulting from bodily wear and tear. However, there is accumulating evidence that inflammation plays a key role in the pathogenesis of OA. In knee OA, the most com
However, patients face several barriers while implementing a therapeutic diet [25] as part of nutrition therapy. Besides a ‘lack of willpower’ and limitations in time and money, dietary habits and taste preferences are mainly responsible for the adherence to a therapeutic diet [26,27]. Therefo...
Nutritional intervention resulted in significantly better scores related to emotional functioning, global quality of life, dyspnea, and loss of appetite. Intervention patients also showed improvement in nutritional intake and improvements in weight; the mean difference in weight was 1.86 kg (P = .0...
probiotics in preventing liver inflammation. The current study might be one of the first to show the benefits of probiotics in pregnancy,” said Wan. “It would be interesting and important to further test whether probiotics can reduce nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy in cancer patients....
rate of diarrhea was seen in patients in the ipatasertib arm vs the placebo arm. Rates of alopecia, nausea, constipation, vomiting, anemia, neutropenia, asthenia, peripheral sensory neuropathy, peripheral neuropathy, hyperglycemia, fatigue, and decreased appetite were otherwise comparable between arms...
Lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab did not provide a survival advantage vs standard-of-care docetaxel in patients with advanced-stage non–small cell lung cancer who experienced disease progression following prior exposure to a PD-L1 inhibitor and platinum-ba