Highlights • Pre-existing diabetes is associated with a higher incidence of cancer cachexia. • Diabetes, not obesity, increases weight loss and reduces survival in cancer patients. • Diabetes-cachexia co-existence is linked with higher inflammation and anemia. • Diabetes-related poor survival in patients with cancer is linked to cachexia. • Cachexia may be considered an emerging diabetic complication.
【저자키워드】 Inflammation, body weight, type 2 diabetes, Colorectal cancer, Pancreatic cancer, cancer cachexia,