Cancer Cachexia [electronic resource] / by Egidio Del Fabbro, Akio Inui, Florian Strasser.
Publisher: Tarporley : Springer Healthcare Ltd. : Imprint: Springer Healthcare, 2012Description: VIII, 83 p. 18 illus. in color. online resourceContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781910315071
- 616.994 23
- RC254-282

Overview of cancer cachexia -- Pathophysiology -- Impact of cancer cachexia -- Patient assessment -- Managing cancer cachexia -- Emerging treatments, current challenges, and future directions.
Cancer Cachexia is a concise, fully illustrated handbook written with the aim of increasing awareness of cancer cachexia and highlighting best practice diagnosis, treatment, and management options for this devastating disorder. This is another title in the ongoing Springer Healthcare Cancer Supportive Care Series.