Research Could Lead to Treatments for Muscle Wasting in Cancer Patients

Monday, February 4, 2019 - 09:40 in Health & Medicine

Researchers have found that evidence of cachexia, or muscle loss in cancer patients that can be life-threatening, emerges early in tumor development, a discovery that broadens understanding of the complicated effects of cancer on the body and advances their study of the condition to find ways to treat or prevent it. Cachexia is estimated to […]

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