Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53793#.VNMhYizQrz Author(s) Virender Suhag 1* , B. S. Sunita 2 , Arti Sarin 1 , A. K. Singh 1 Affiliation(s) 1 Army Hospital (Research & Referral), Delhi, India . 2 Base Hospital, Delhi, India . Many factors can modify nutritional status in cancer patients, including cachexia, nausea and vomiting, decreased caloric intake or oncologic treatments causing malabsorption. The cachexia-anorexia syndrome is a complex metabolic syndrome associated with cancer and some other palliative conditions characterized by involuntary weight loss involving fat and muscle, anorexia, early satiety, fatigue and weakness due to shifts in metabolism caus...
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