'Pre-cachexia': a non-existing phenomenon in cancer?

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¹ Departments of Nutrition and Dietetics, Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam s.buskermolen@vumc.nl.
² Departments of Nutrition and Dietetics, Internal Medicine and Faculty of Health and Social Studies, Department of Nutrition, Sports and Health, HAN University of Applied Sciences, Nijmegen.
³ Medical Oncology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam.
⁴ Departments of Nutrition and Dietetics, Internal Medicine and Academy of Health, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, The Hague, The Netherlands.

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doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdu178. Epub 2014 May 14.

¹ Departments of Nutrition and Dietetics, Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam s.buskermolen@vumc.nl.
² Departments of Nutrition and Dietetics, Internal Medicine and Faculty of Health and Social Studies, Department of Nutrition, Sports and Health, HAN University of Applied Sciences, Nijmegen.
³ Medical Oncology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam.
⁴ Departments of Nutrition and Dietetics, Internal Medicine and Academy of Health, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, The Hague, The Netherlands.

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The conundrum of pre-cachexia existence.
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Validation of the Consensus-Definition for Cancer Cachexia and evaluation of a classification model--a study based on data from an international multicentre project (EPCRC-CSA).
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