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New Treatment For Weight Loss And Muscle Wasting In Cancer Patients

by Gopalan T on August 27, 2010 at 1:55 PM Cancer News

Researchers with Deakin University, Australia, are working on a treatment for cancer cachexia, the debilitating weight loss and muscle wasting condition that affects patients with cancer.

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Cancer cachexia has a major impact on quality of life for cancer patients. It can also inhibit the effectiveness of cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy. There is currently no effective treatment.

Deakin Medical School researchers are testing a combination of two readily available therapies (an omega 3 fatty acid and an anti-gout medication) they believe could delay the onset of cancer cachexia and ultimately improve quality of life for cancer patients.

�Cancer cachexia is a serious, debilitating and often unrecognised health issue,� explained research team leader, Dr Paul Lewandowski.

�Around half of all patients with cancer develop cachexia. One in three of us will develop cancer, so one in six Australians will suffer from the condition. Approximately 20 per cent of cancer deaths are thought to be due to cachexia and not the cancer itself.

�Cachexia commonly affects older patients, whose quality of life is dramatically reduced. They don�t feel like eating and can�t exercise because they are constantly tired and lethargic.

�Many of us have watched a loved one waste away because of cancer. Our hope is that the treatment we are working on will delay the onset of cachexia or slow down its progression. This could buy time for other cancer therapies to have an effect.�

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