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May 29, 2026BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care0 citations

Eating-Related Distress and Cachexia in Advanced Cancer Patients

Eating-related distress in cancer cachexia: multicentre self-reported questionnaire study

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TSTatsuma SakaguchiKAKoji AmanoSOSatomi Okamura

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Multicentre survey assesses eating-related distress in cancer cachexia, suggesting stronger ties to AWGC criteria.

Key Points

  • This research aims to compare eating-related distress levels in patients meeting AWGC versus EPCRC criteria for cachexia.
  • Multicentre survey conducted between November 2023 and June 2024.
  • Self-reported questionnaire, QERD-P, was used to evaluate eating-related distress in 192 adult patients with advanced cancer.
  • Cachexia diagnosed using both AWGC and EPCRC criteria with multiple linear regression analyses for associations with ERD.
  • Prevalence of cachexia was 74% according to AWGC criteria and 64% per EPCRC criteria.
  • Anorexia scores linked significantly to AWGC-defined cachexia (p<0.001) but not EPCRC (p=0.177).
  • Higher scores on the QERD-P long version were found in AWGC-defined cachexia after adjusting for covariates (p=0.020), unlike EPCRC (p=0.095).

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Sakaguchi et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a192f1bfab5b468c4418770https://doi.org/10.1136/spcare-2024-005325
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