Volume : VIII, Issue : VIII, August - 2019

Role of anabolic agents in curtailing the morbidity of cancer cachexia

Shailley A Sehgal

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Cancer cachexia is a multifactorial syndrome with an ongoing loss of skeletal muscle mass (± loss of fat mass) associated with functional impairment. Standard treatment for management of cachexia is yet to approve, thus the aim of this review is to determine the role of anabolic agents in cancer cachexia patients. Literature was searched for testosterone or its derivatives e.g. Oxandrolone and nandrolone and newer anabolic agent enobosarm and their impact and safety profile was analyzed. More studies are needed for anabolic steroids with larger group of patients and enobosam is showing promising results with good safety profile but still lacking evidence to make it a standard treatment

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ROLE OF ANABOLIC AGENTS IN CURTAILING THE MORBIDITY OF CANCER CACHEXIA, Shailley A Sehgal INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-8 | August-2019

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