Are lung cancer tumors hijacking the nervous system?
July 02, 2026
July 02, 2026
LA JOLLA, California, July 2 -- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies issued the following news release:
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Are lung cancer tumors hijacking the nervous system?
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* Cachexia, a syndrome marked by unwanted weight loss, sickness, and loss of appetite that accompanies and amplifies chronic illness, affects roughly half of all cancer patients and is responsible for a quarter of all cancer deaths
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Are lung cancer tumors hijacking the nervous system?
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* Highlights
* Cachexia, a syndrome marked by unwanted weight loss, sickness, and loss of appetite that accompanies and amplifies chronic illness, affects roughly half of all cancer patients and is responsible for a quarter of all cancer deaths
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