title: General metabolic abnormalities in cancer patients: anorexia and cachexia.
abstract: Cancer cachexia is a chronic wasting illness directly associated with the presence of uncontrolled malignancy. The authors discuss the various causes of inadequate nutrient intake, including the known data on anorexia, and outline the potential role of humoral factors as mediators of cachexia.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000855:Anorexia / Q000209:etiology*; D002100:Cachexia / Q000209:etiology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*