Effect of cancer cachexia on first-line chemotherapy in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer: a claims database study in Japan.

Background: Cancer cachexia is a multifactorial syndrome leading to progressive functional impairment. How cachexia affects the treatment course of chemotherapy in patients with pancreatic cancer has not been well understood.

Methods: This is an exploratory, retrospective, observational cohort study using the Japanese medical claims database from Medical Data Vision Co.