Cardiac wasting in head and neck cancer and in cardiac autopsies from different cancer types: A study in a chemo-naïve setting.

Background: Cardiac wasting is a detrimental consequence of cancer that has been traditionally ignored and often misinterpreted as an iatrogenic effect.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective study on 42 chemo-naive patients affected by locally advanced head and neck cancer (HNC). Based on unintentional weight loss, patients were divided into cachectic and non-cachectic.

Synchronous gastric adenocarcinoma and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

Background: The association between gastric and pancreatic carcinoma is a relatively rare condition. In gastric carcinoma patients, the prevalence of second tumors varies 2.8% to 6.