Article: Understanding tumor-induced weight loss.
MedSurg Nursing;  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... course of their disease. Weight loss is often one of cancer ... weight. In addition, weight loss is a side effect of many cancer treatments, including chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Weight loss can be caused by one or ...

Article: Advances in Image-Guided Radiotherapy Allowing More Precise ...
PR Newswire;  October 10, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... adapting treatment plans on a daily basis was vital because of variations in weight loss during the course of treatment. In the case of head and neck cancer patients, weight loss can vary between just 1 or 2 kilograms up to 20 kilograms, resulting ...

Article: Looking good: cancer treatments can play havoc with ...
Nursing Standard;  June 11, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... hair, eyebrows and eyelashes, patients having chemotherapy commonly suffer serious skin and nail problems and excessive weight loss or gain. The NHS does offer wig services to anyone who is losing their hair, but apart from that there is normally little ...

Article: Drug relieves effects of cancer treatments UIC ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  September 10, 1999 ;     622 words ... ... It kills too many cells. It kills cells that may not need to die." It is the death of these damaged cells that causes many of the side effects of cancer treatment - nausea, anemia, hair and weight loss and a weakened immune system.

Article: Give your pet cover a CAT scan Doting owners are insuring their ...
The Sunday Telegraph London;  November 4, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... get their animals into fat clubs. To meet this rising demand, four-fifths of veterinary surgeries now operate special weight-loss clinics to educate owners and get their pets in shape. If you don't like the idea of your pet looking down on you reproachfully ...

Article: TREATMENTS FOR OBESITY USUALLY AREN'T ...
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  January 15, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... pay for surgery and other cancer treatments without quibbling over it ... plan likely would not cover weight-loss surgery without a fight ... diabetes if they paid for weight-loss surgery. Gastric bypasses ... 1.8 billion in 2004 for weight-loss or bariatric operations ...

Article: Hope or hoax? Unproven cancer treatments. (includes ...
FDA Consumer;  March 1, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... stakes are much higher. Unproven cancer treatments may sound good at first to patients ... of side effects from conventional cancer treatments, including chemotherapy, radiation ... OTA calls them, unconventional) cancer treatments, defining them as those treatments ...