PALLIATIVE CARE Understanding and Managing Cancer Cachexia
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Mrs MJ is a 56-year-old architect with a husband and two children. You performed a mastectomy and axillary dissection on her after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced breast cancer 2 years ago. Unfortunately, she developed widespread disease with metastases to liver, lung, and bone. After several more rounds of chemotherapy, she is currently on antiestrogen therapy. Her disease appears stable. You have continued to follow her and she comes to see you for her routine visit. You notice that she is much thinner than you remember, but otherwise looks well. You ask her about her weight loss. She says: “I don’t really know what it is! I can eat, my bowels are working, but I simply don’t want to. I force myself to swallow food, but I keep losing weight anyway.” On clinical examination, you notice her muscle wasting and recognize the signs of cancer cachexia. You want to know more about how to manage this phenomenon.
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