Cancer cachexia is a malnutrition syndrome characterized by progressive involuntary weight loss.

肿瘤恶病质是以渐进性的不自主的体重丢失为特征的营养不良综合征。

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Oncologists generally agree that the actual cause of death in cancer patients is cachexia, a condition of severe weight loss and wasting associated with protein mal-absorption.

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