Cancer Cachexia Prevalence Is Underestimated in Medical Records of Patients in a Regional Tertiary Hospital
(1) Standard ICD code-searching underestimated cachexia prevalence in all patients and those with high-prevalence-cachexia cancers; (2) Many cachexia cases were not diagnosed, although data indicated its presence; (3) Many cachexia cases diagnosed by judgement were not supported by data; (4) Increasing provider awareness of cancer cachexia definitions would likely improve cachexia care and research.
Authors
- R. B. Weiskopf
- Badisse Dahamna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0762-2518)
- S. Darmoni
- Yann Colardelle
- Mélanie Daligault
- Julien Grosjean
- Vickie E. Baracos
Institutions
- Asia Society (US)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- Inserm (FR)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Normandie Université (FR)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rouen (FR)
- Université de Rouen Normandie (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.70225
- Primary Topic
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00