ReviewCancers2021
Chemotherapy-Induced Myopathy: The Dark Side of the Cachexia Sphere.
Review in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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39 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.
- The mortality burden of cachexia or weight loss in patients with colorectal or pancreatic cancer: A systematic literature review.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2024Pooled it
- Mortality burden of pre-treatment weight loss in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2024Pooled it
- Benefits of an anti-inflammatory diet compared to a low-residue diet during concurrent chemoradiation therapy for patients with locally advanced cervical cancer: a randomized clinical trial.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Trial
- Differential impact of cancer- and chemotherapy-induced cachexia: a comparative analysis in a preclinical model of colorectal cancer by biological sex.American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism · 2026Article
- Understanding cachexia and muscle dysfunction in the context of metastatic breast cancer.Cancer metastasis reviews · 2026Review
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- Differential effects of inspiratory muscle training on diaphragm thickness and exercise tolerance in childhood cancer survivors and non-cancer controls.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- From mechanisms to management: a comprehensive review of sarcopenia in gastric cancer.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- The evolving landscape of cancer cachexia prevention: A review of metronomic chemotherapy and drug repurposing strategies.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2025Review
- N-Acetylcysteine Prevents Skeletal Muscle Cisplatin-Induced Atrophy by Inducing Myogenic microRNAs and Maintaining the Redox Balance.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Therapeutic Challenges in Managing Triple-Negative Breast Cancer in a Patient With Central Core Disease.Cureus · 2025Article
- What Cachexia-Related Outcomes Are Measured in Lung Cancer Chemotherapy Clinical Trials?Cancers · 2025Article
- Haptoglobin and Glutamine Synthetase May Biomark Cachexia Induced by Antiacute Myeloid Leukaemia Chemotherapy.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2025Article
- Distinct Impact of Doxorubicin on Skeletal Muscle and Fat Metabolism in Mice: Without Dexrazoxane Effect.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities of mangiferin gel for musculoskeletal injuries in cancer patients.American journal of translational research · 2025Article
- A comprehensive review of animal models for cancer cachexia: Implications for translational research.Genes & diseases · 2024Review
- Involvement of the gut microbiota in cancer cachexia.American journal of physiology. Cell physiology · 2024Review
- Chemotherapy-Induced Changes in Plasma Amino Acids and Lipid Oxidation of Resected Patients with Colorectal Cancer: A Background for Future Studies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Drug-related sarcopenia as a secondary sarcopenia.Geriatrics & gerontology international · 2024Review
- Call for standardization in assessment and reporting of muscle and adipose change using computed tomography analysis in oncology: A scoping review.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2023Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Cancer cachexia is a debilitating multi-factorial wasting syndrome characterised by severe skeletal muscle wasting and dysfunction (i.e., myopathy). In the oncology setting, cachexia arises from synergistic insults from both cancer-host interactions and chemotherapy-related toxicity. The majority of studies have surrounded the cancer-host interaction side of cancer cachexia, often overlooking the capability of chemotherapy to induce cachectic myopathy. Accumulating evidence in experimental models of cachexia suggests that some chemotherapeutic agents rapidly induce cachectic myopathy, although the underlying mechanisms responsible vary between agents. Importantly, we highlight the capacity of specific chemotherapeutic agents to induce cachectic myopathy, as not all chemotherapies have been evaluated for cachexia-inducing properties-alone or in clinically compatible regimens. Furthermore, we discuss the experimental evidence surrounding therapeutic strategies that have been evaluated in chemotherapy-induced cachexia models, with particular focus on exercise interventions and adjuvant therapeutic candidates targeted at the mitochondria.
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