| Severe cachexia, as a result of increased energy expenditure mediated by the tumour, is also a poor prognostic indicator. |
| The symptoms which induce women to seek medical aid are haemorrhage, foetid discharge, and later pain and cachexia. |
| The patient's general appearance should be assessed for evidence of resting dyspnea, cyanosis and cachexia. |
| It is this effect which forms the basis for use of megestrol acetate in patients with anorexia, cachexia or weight loss. |
| The cachexia and rapid decline are not seen in catarrhal ulceration. |
| Cardiac cachexia may mimic the cachexia seen in patients with disseminated malignant disease. |
