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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Support Palliat Care. 2017 Dec;11(4):278–286. doi: 10.1097/SPC.0000000000000301

Table 4.

Research priorities in cancer cachexia.

Research Priorities in Cancer Cachexia
Development of strategies to implement morphometrics into clinical decision making
Specify and validate diagnostic criteria for pre-cachexia
Identify biomarkers for pre-cachexia
Expand patient selection in cancer cachexia trials (Earlier enrollment, GI Cancers)
Identify tangible and realistic endpoints in cancer cachexia trials
Investigate exercise as an intervention for cancer cachexia