Vol 8, No 1 (January 25, 2019): Annals of Palliative Medicine (Update on Cancer Cachexia in Memory of Ken Fearon)

Message From the Editor-in-Chief

Cancer cachexia: definitions, outcomes, and treatments

Charles B. Simone II

PDF Pages: E1-E3 Full Text (5537) Open Access

Preface

A review of cachexia: a tribute to Ken Fearon

Mellar P. Davis, Eduardo Bruera

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Review Article

Cancer cachexia is defined by an ongoing loss of skeletal muscle mass

Vickie E. Baracos, Vera C. Mazurak, Amritpal S. Bhullar

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Lipid metabolism in cancer cachexia

Shalini Dalal

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Measuring cachexia—diagnostic criteria

Rony Dev

PDF Pages: 24-32 Full Text (24069) Open Access

Health-related quality of life across cancer cachexia stages

Popi Kasvis, MariaLuisa Vigano, Antonio Vigano

PDF Pages: 33-42 Full Text (9127) Open Access

What are the criteria for response to cachexia treatment?

Jeffrey Crawford

PDF Pages: 43-49 Full Text (10130) Open Access

A hunger for hunger: a review of palliative therapies for cancer- associated anorexia

Daniel S. Childs, Aminah Jatoi

PDF Pages: 50-58 Full Text (8834) Open Access

Combination therapy in cachexia

Egidio Del Fabbro

PDF Pages: 59-66 Full Text (8710) Open Access

Anti-cytokines in the treatment of cancer cachexia

Bernard Lobato Prado, Yu Qian

PDF Pages: 67-79 Full Text (7614) Open Access

Prokinetics and ghrelin for the management of cancer cachexia syndrome

Jimi S. Malik, Sriram Yennurajalingam

PDF Pages: 80-85 Full Text (5205) Open Access

Sarcopenia associated with chemotherapy and targeted agents for cancer therapy

Mellar P. Davis, Rajiv Panikkar

PDF Pages: 86-101 Full Text (17973) Open Access

News

Annals of Palliative Medicine is now indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)

Charles B. Simone II

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Disclosure:

The focused issue “Update on Cancer Cachexia in Memory of Ken Fearon” was commissioned by the editorial office, Annals of Palliative Medicine without any sponsorship or funding. Mellar P. Davis and Eduardo Bruera served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the focused issue.