A prospective study examining cachexia predictors in patients with incurable cancer

Authors :: Andrew Wilcock
Florian Strasser
Cinzia Brunelli
Ola Magne Vagnildhaug
Barry Laird
Stein Kaasa
Tora Skeidsvoll Solheim
Maria Nabal
Marianne Jensen Hjermstad
Baracos
Source :: BMC Palliative Care, 18:46, BMC Palliative Care, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2019), Repositorio Abierto de la UdL, Universitad de Lleida, Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya, instname, Vagnildhaug, O M, Brunelli, C, Hjermstad, M J, Strasser, F, Baracos, V E, Wilcock, A, Nabal, M, Kaasa, S, Laird, B & Solheim, T S 2019, ' A prospective study examining cachexia predictors in patients with incurable cancer ', BMC palliative care, vol. 18, 46 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-019-0429-2
Publication Year :: 2018
Abstract: Background Early intervention against cachexia necessitates a predictive model. The aims of this study were to identify predictors of cachexia development and to create and evaluate accuracy of a predictive model based on these predictors. Methods A secondary analysis of a prospective, observational, multicentre study was conducted. Patients, who attended a palliative care programme, had incurable cancer and did not have cachexia at baseline, were amenable to the analysis. Cachexia was defined as weight loss (WL) > 5% (6 months) or WL > 2% and body mass index

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