Perception of subjective lived experiences of individuals with anorexia-cachexia in patients with advanced lung cancer.

Objective: Cancer cachexia (CC) is a frequent and debilitating syndrome in patients with cancer. It has serious implications for patients, extending beyond physical problems into psychological, and social domains. The objective of our study was to qualitatively understand the experiences related to CC in patients with advanced lung cancer.

Combined associations of a healthy lifestyle and body mass index with colorectal cancer recurrence and survival: a cohort study.

Purpose: Colorectal cancer (CRC) risk is associated with modifiable lifestyle factors including smoking, physical inactivity, Western diet, and excess body weight. The impact of lifestyle factors on survival is less known. A cohort study was conducted to investigate the combined effects of a healthy lifestyle and body mass index on prognosis following CRC diagnosis.

The prognostic significance of microsatellite instability in colorectal cancer: a Swedish multi-center study.

Purpose: About 10 to 15% of patients with sporadic colorectal cancer display mutations in DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes shown as microsatellite instability (MSI). Previous reports of colorectal cancer (CRC) indicate a better prognosis for patients with MSI tumors compared to patients with microsatellite stable (MSS) tumors. In this study, our aim was to investigate whether MSI is an independent prognostic factor in CRC.

Decreasing dietary nitrogen consumption improves wastewater treatment efficiency and carbon footprint.

This article aimed to connect protein consumption with the nitrogen load to wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in Finland. The influence of the changes in nitrogen consumption on the WWTP environmental footprint was estimated using process simulation. As the main result, a connection was found between nitrogen loads from food consumption and the incoming load to a WWTP.

Existential Quality of Life and Associated Factors in Cancer Patients Receiving Palliative Care.

Context: Enhancing quality of life (QoL) is a goal of palliative care. Existential QoL is an important aspect of this.

Objectives: This study sought to advance our understanding of existential QoL at the end of life through examining levels of Preparation and Completion, subscales of the QUAL-E, and their associated factors.