How to stop cancer cachexia? Start at the top
Cancer is insidious. Throughout tumor progression, the disease hijacks otherwise healthy biological processes — like the body’s immune response — to grow and spread. When tumors elevate levels of an immune system molecule called Interleukin-6 (IL-6), it can cause severe brain dysfunction. In about 50%-80% of cancer patients, this leads to a lethal wasting disease … Read more