Communicating with Adolescents and Young Adults about Cancer-associated Weight Loss

Joanne Reid; Clare McKeaveney; Peter Martin

doi:10.1007/s11912-019-0765-7

Communicating with Adolescents and Young Adults about Cancer-associated Weight Loss

Joanne Reid
, Clare McKeaveney
, Peter Martin

School of Nursing and Midwifery

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Abstract

Purpose of Review
Over the past two decades, advances have been made in understanding the pathophysiology of cancer-associated weight loss, termed “cachexia.” To date, there is no proven effective intervention to completely reverse cachexia and there are no approved drug therapies to treat it. This paper will review relevant literature in relation to communicating with adolescents and young adults about cancer-associated weight loss.

Recent Findings
Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) who have cancer are a unique group of patients due to their stage of development and maturity.

Summary
This article outlines issues specific to this patient cohort that need to be considered to better understand the impact of cachexia and explore pertinent matters when communicating with AYAs in relation to cachexia.

Original language	English
Article number	15
Number of pages	6
Journal	Current Oncology Reports
Volume	21
Early online date	04 Feb 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11912-019-0765-7
Publication status	Early online date - 04 Feb 2019

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