Academic Unit of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK.
Institute of Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Br J Cancer. 2022 Aug;127(3):379-382. doi: 10.1038/s41416-022-01826-2. Epub 2022 May 6.
Cancer cachexia has long been perceived as a nutritional syndrome. However, nutritional interventions have continued to be ineffective. With the recent recognition of the importance of systemic inflammation in the definition of this syndrome and treatment, has the time come to consider whether this syndrome is primarily a manifestation of systemic inflammation with the consequent implications for future treatment?
癌症恶病质长期以来一直被认为是一种营养综合征。然而，营养干预一直没有效果。随着最近认识到全身炎症在该综合征的定义和治疗中的重要性，是否到了考虑这种综合征是否主要是全身炎症表现的时候了，以及这对未来治疗的影响？
