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Cancer Cachexia (CC)

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Cancer cachexia (CC) is a pathological loss of striated muscle (skeletal and cardiac) and fat stores, manifesting in the cardinal features of emaciation, weakness affecting functional status, impaired immune system, metabolic dysfunction, and poor quality of life.

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