Incidence and frequency of cancer cachexia during chemotherapy for advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

Shuichi MitsunagaEiji KasamatsuKoji Machii

Published in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2020)

Follow-up cachexia had an early onset, but was not a prognostic factor for overall survival in patients with PDAC. Some adverse events tended to be more frequent in patients with follow-up cachexia than in those without follow-up cachexia.

Keyphrases

early onset
prognostic factors
late onset
papillary thyroid
risk factors
squamous cell carcinoma
squamous cell