Anne Jouinot1,2, Clara Vazeille1, François Goldwasser1. 1. Medical Oncology Department, Cancer Research for PErsonalized Medicine (CARPEM), hôpital Cochin, Paris Centre Teaching Hospitals, Paris Descartes University, USPC. 2. Institut Cochin, INSERM U1016, CNRS UMR8104, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France.
Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Cachexia is a multifactorial syndrome associated with morbidity and mortality in cancer patients and represents a major challenge in cancer management. Elevated energy expenditure is supposed to contribute to cachexia. The current article presents the recent findings on the resting energy expenditure (REE) in cancer and the clinical implications for anticancer treatments. RECENT FINDINGS: Half of cancer patients present with hypermetabolism (measured REE >110% of predicted REE). Hypermetabolism is associated with clinical and biological features of cachexia. Hypermetabolic patients - even those with normal nutritional status - have a high risk of severe acute toxicity and a poor prognosis. SUMMARY: Recent discoveries have highlighted the REE as an essential component of nutritional assessment in cancer patients. Multimodal care for cachexia should include REE measurements and dedicated pharmacologic interventions such as adrenoreceptor blockade in case of hypermetabolism.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Cachexia is a multifactorial syndrome associated with morbidity and mortality in cancerpatients and represents a major challenge in cancer management. Elevated energy expenditure is supposed to contribute to cachexia. The current article presents the recent findings on the resting energy expenditure (REE) in cancer and the clinical implications for anticancer treatments. RECENT FINDINGS: Half of cancerpatients present with hypermetabolism (measured REE >110% of predicted REE). Hypermetabolism is associated with clinical and biological features of cachexia. Hypermetabolic patients - even those with normal nutritional status - have a high risk of severe acute toxicity and a poor prognosis. SUMMARY: Recent discoveries have highlighted the REE as an essential component of nutritional assessment in cancerpatients. Multimodal care for cachexia should include REE measurements and dedicated pharmacologic interventions such as adrenoreceptor blockade in case of hypermetabolism.
Authors: Marco Moreira; Cedric Pobel; Nicolas Epaillard; Audrey Simonaggio; Stéphane Oudard; Yann-Alexandre Vano Journal: Cancer Drug Resist Date: 2020-07-02