Clinical significance of weight loss in cancer patients: rationale for the use of anabolic agents in the treatment of cancer-related cachexia

Nutrition. 2001 Jan;17(1 Suppl):S1-20. doi: 10.1016/s0899-9007(01)80001-0.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anabolic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Appetite Stimulants / therapeutic use
  • Body Weight
  • Cachexia / drug therapy*
  • Cachexia / metabolism
  • Cachexia / therapy
  • HIV Wasting Syndrome / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Neoplasms / physiopathology*
  • Nutrition Assessment
  • Nutrition Disorders / complications*
  • Nutrition Disorders / drug therapy
  • Nutritional Status
  • Nutritional Support*
  • Oxandrolone / therapeutic use*
  • Safety
  • Survival Analysis
  • Weight Loss

Substances

  • Anabolic Agents
  • Appetite Stimulants
  • Oxandrolone