Adipose tissue volume is decreased in recently diagnosed cancer patients with cachexia.

Objective: Approximately 50% of patients with cancer develop cachexia. The aim of the present study was to determine if there were differences in the amount of visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissues at the time of the diagnosis among patients with cancer cachexia (CC), patients with cancer and a stable weight (WS), and patients with cancer and weight loss because of gastrointestinal obstruction (GO).

Methods: Patients with recently diagnosed cancer were divided into the CC, WS, and GO groups.