Does cachexia worsen prognosis in patients with resectable pancreatic cancer?
Cachexia has a significant impact on survival and performance status in palliative patients as well as in patients operated for pancreatic cancer. But tumor-related cachexia is not necessarily dependent on tumor size or load and that metastatic dedifferentiation of the tumor might be a critical step in the development of tumor-associated cachexia.
The introduction of a colorectal clinical pathway significantly improved the outcome of patients undergoing major colorectal surgery.