Cachexia and Wasting: A Modern Approach

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mantovani, Giovanni (Editor), Anker, Stefan D. (Editor), Inui, Akio (Editor), Morley, John E. (Editor), Fanelli, Filippo Rossi (Editor), Scevola, Daniele (Editor), Schuster, Michael W. (Editor), Yeh, Shing-Shing (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan, 2006.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Internal medicine.; Infectious diseases.; Metabolic diseases.; Geriatrics.; Oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Internal Medicine.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; Infectious Diseases.; Metabolic Diseases.

Cachexia may well represent the flip side of the tremendous achievements of modern medicine. Many diseases rapidly leading patients to death just a few years ago, are now better controlled by new therapies, and even if we cannot cure and eradicate them, their natural history has significantly increa...