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Cachexia and Wasting

A Modern Approach

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Editors:
  1. Giovanni Mantovani

    1. Department of Medical Oncology, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

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  2. Stefan D. Anker

    1. Department of Clinical Cardiology, Imperial College, NHLI, London, UK
      Department of Cardiology Charité, Applied Cachexia Research, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany

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  3. Akio Inui

    1. Department of Behavioral Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

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  4. John E. Morley

    1. GRECC, VA Medical Center and Division of Geriatric Medicine, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, USA

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  5. Filippo Rossi Fanelli

    1. Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Rome, Italy

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  6. Daniele Scevola

    1. Department of Infectious Diseases, IRCCS S.Matteo Polyclinic, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

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  7. Michael W. Schuster

    1. Bone Marrow and Blood Stem Cell Transplantation Program, Center for Lymphoma and Myeloma, New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Medical Center, New York, USA

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  8. Shing-Shing Yeh

    1. Department of Medicine-Geriatrics, University of New York at Stony Brook VAMC, Northport, USA

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  • Comprehensive text on fat loss, wasting and cachexia in medicine

  • Reference for general practioners, specialists such as oncologists, infectivologists and geriatricians, as well as for students and nurses interested in this topic

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Table of contents (71 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXII
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  2. Anatomy, Historical Perspective and Epidemiology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Functional Anatomy of the ‘Adipose Organ’

      • Saverio Cinti
      Pages 3-22

    3. Body Silhouette and Body Fat Distribution

      • Angela Faga
      Pages 23-30

    4. Historic Views on Cachexia in Humans with Special Reference to Cardiac Cachexia

      • Wolfram Doehner
      Pages 31-37

    5. Epidemiology of Cachexia

      • Giovanni Mantovani, Clelia Madeddu
      Pages 39-43

  3. Biochemistry, Physiology and ‘Clinics’ of Adipose Tissue

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45
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    2. Energy Values of Foods

      • Gianni Tomassi, Nicolò Merendino
      Pages 47-52

    3. Diet-Induced Thermogenesis

      • Gianni Tomassi, Nicolò Merendino
      Pages 53-56

  4. Assessment of Nutritional Status

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57
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    2. Biochemical Parameters of Nutrition

      • Emine M. Inelmen, Giuseppe Sergi
      Pages 59-72

    3. Nitrogen Balance and Protein Requirements: Definition and Measurements

      • Paulo Tessari
      Pages 73-79

    4. Plasma Proteins and Protein Catabolism

      • Paolo Tessari, Renato Millioni
      Pages 81-92

    5. Nutritional Status Assessment

      • Daniele Scevola, Angela Di Matteo, Omar Giglio, Silvia Scevola
      Pages 93-110

    6. Immunological Parameters of Nutrition

      • Clelia Madeddu, Giovanni Mantovani
      Pages 111-124

    7. Functional Parameters of Nutrition

      • Max Dahele, Kenneth C. H. Fearon
      Pages 125-135

  5. The Different Features of Wasting in Humans

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137
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    2. Anorexia

      • Alessandro Laviano, Michael M. Meguid, Filippo Rossi Fanelli
      Pages 139-148

    3. Starvation: Social, Voluntary, and Involuntary Causes of Weight Loss

      • Daniele Scevola, Angela Di Matteo, Omar Giglio, Filippo Uberti
      Pages 149-160

    4. Cachexia Related to Multiple Causes

      • Giovanni Mantovani, Clelia Madeddu
      Pages 161-162
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About this book

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 increased by months and years. Although these new therapeutic strategies represent a remarkable advantage over the standards of care, it is impossible to ignore that many more patients are now facing the nutritional consequences of prolonged immunological and metabolic challenges deriving from ongoing diseases and aggressive therapies.

Aim of the volume, written by world-renowned scientists, is to provide the best available evidence on the pathogenesis, clinical features and therapeutic approach of cachexia, and to facilitate the understanding of the complex yet unequivocal clinical role of this syndrome, that truly represents a disease, or, better still, a disease within other different diseases.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Medical Oncology, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

    Giovanni Mantovani

  • Department of Clinical Cardiology, Imperial College, NHLI, London, UK

    Stefan D. Anker

  • Department of Cardiology Charité, Applied Cachexia Research, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany

    Stefan D. Anker

  • Department of Behavioral Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

    Akio Inui

  • GRECC, VA Medical Center and Division of Geriatric Medicine, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, USA

    John E. Morley

  • Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Rome, Italy

    Filippo Rossi Fanelli

  • Department of Infectious Diseases, IRCCS S.Matteo Polyclinic, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

    Daniele Scevola

  • Bone Marrow and Blood Stem Cell Transplantation Program, Center for Lymphoma and Myeloma, New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Medical Center, New York, USA

    Michael W. Schuster

  • Department of Medicine-Geriatrics, University of New York at Stony Brook VAMC, Northport, USA

    Shing-Shing Yeh

About the editors

Professor Mantovani is Full Professor of Medical Oncology and Chief of the Division and Laboratory of Medical Oncology at University of Cagliari, School of Medicine, Cagliari, Italy. His research interests include treatment of cancer-related anorexia/cachexia and oxidative stress, combined-modality therapy of human cancers and cancer immunotherapy. He is first author of more than 200 publications in top-rated cancer journals. Many colleagues from all over the world are acting as co-editors.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cachexia and Wasting

  • Book Subtitle: A Modern Approach

  • Editors: Giovanni Mantovani, Stefan D. Anker, Akio Inui, John E. Morley, Filippo Rossi Fanelli, Daniele Scevola, Michael W. Schuster, … Shing-Shing Yeh

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0552-5

  • Publisher: Springer Milano

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Milan 2006

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-88-470-0471-9Published: 16 August 2006

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-88-470-5797-5Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-88-470-0552-5Published: 06 October 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 758

  • Topics: Oncology, Internal Medicine, Geriatrics/Gerontology, Infectious Diseases, Metabolic Diseases

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