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Meghan McCue, PhD Candidate, Biomolecular Sciences, Laurentian University

For cancer patients, maintaining muscle is vital to health and treatment, but staying strong is complicated

With cachexia, a patient loses a significant amount of weight due to their disease, with considerable losses of muscle mass. (Shutterstock)

Nearly one-third of cancer patients die from a side-effect you’ve likely never heard of: cancer cachexia.

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