Most Cancer Patients Die Of “Cachexia”, Not Cancer: Read Details
What’s ‘cancer cachexia’ syndrome, a disease behind most patients’ death? (Representational) New Delhi: When tumours in cancer patients elevate levels of an immune system molecule called Interleukin-6 (IL-6), it can cause severe brain dysfunction, which leads to a lethal wasting disease called ‘cachexia’ in about 50 to 80 per cent of cancer patients, a new