The landscape of cancer cachexia in advanced non-small cell lung cancer: a narrative review.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Cancer cachexia presents with weight loss, anorexia, and fatigue and worsens the prognosis and quality of life of cancer patients. We aimed to summarize the current relevant discourse in the literature about cancer cachexia in the setting of non-small cell lung carcinoma and the possible current and future treatments.

Methods

We conduct a narrative review of the literature on the landscape of cancer cachexia in the context of non-small cell lung cancer, multimodality therapy, markers, imaging, tumor biology, pathology, chemoprevention, and technical advances.

Key content and findings

The need for appropriate intervention for cancer cachexia is increasing as the prognosis of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer is improving with ad

SUBMITTER: Morita-Tanaka S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9903087 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature