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Determinants of change in resting energy expenditure in patients with stage III/IV colorectal cancer.

Authors:
Sarah A Purcell Ola Wallengren Vickie E Baracos Kent Lundholm Britt-Marie Iresjö Quincy S C Chu Sunita S Ghosh Carla M Prado

Clin Nutr 2020 Jan 30;39(1):134-140. Epub 2019 Mar 30.

Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science, Faculty of Agricultural, Life, and Environmental Sciences, University of Alberta, Canada. Electronic address:

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https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S02615614193013
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2018.12.038DOI Listing
January 2020

Convergent neuronal projections from paraventricular nucleus, parabrachial nucleus, and brainstem onto gastrocnemius muscle, white and brown adipose tissue in male rats.

Authors:
Barbora Doslikova Devan Tchir Amanda McKinty Xinxia Zhu Daniel L Marks Vickie E Baracos William F Colmers

J Comp Neurol 2019 Dec 24;527(17):2826-2842. Epub 2019 May 24.

Department of Pharmacology, and Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/cne.24710
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cne.24710DOI Listing
December 2019

Clinical and biological characterization of skeletal muscle tissue biopsies of surgical cancer patients.

Authors:
Ana Anoveros-Barrera Amritpal S Bhullar Cynthia Stretch Nina Esfandiari Abha R Dunichand-Hoedl Karen J B Martins David Bigam Rachel G Khadaroo Todd McMullen Oliver F Bathe Sambasivarao Damaraju Richard J Skipworth Charles T Putman Vickie E Baracos Vera C Mazurak

J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2019 Dec 15;10(6):1356-1377. Epub 2019 Jul 15.

Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12466DOI Listing
December 2019

Accuracy of Resting Energy Expenditure Predictive Equations in Patients With Cancer.

Authors:
Sarah A Purcell Sarah A Elliott Vickie E Baracos Quincy S C Chu Michael B Sawyer Marina Mourtzakis Jacob C Easaw Jennifer L Spratlin Mario Siervo Carla M Prado

Nutr Clin Pract 2019 Dec 25;34(6):922-934. Epub 2019 Jul 25.

Human Nutrition Research Unit, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ncp.10374DOI Listing
December 2019

Integration of palliative, supportive, and nutritional care to alleviate eating-related distress among advanced cancer patients with cachexia and their family members.

Authors:
Koji Amano Vickie E Baracos Jane B Hopkinson

Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2019 Nov 17;143:117-123. Epub 2019 Sep 17.

School of Healthcare Sciences, College of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Cardiff University, 35-43 Eastgate House, Newport Road, Cardiff, Wales, CF24 0AB, UK. Electronic address:

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.critrevonc.2019.08.006DOI Listing
November 2019

Change in Skeletal Muscle Following Resection of Stage I-III Colorectal Cancer is Predictive of Poor Survival: A Cohort Study.

Authors:
Jessica J Hopkins Rebecca Reif David Bigam Vickie E Baracos Dean T Eurich Michael M Sawyer

World J Surg 2019 10;43(10):2518-2526

Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00268-019-05054-3DOI Listing
October 2019

Rapid atrophy of cardiac left ventricular mass in patients with non-small cell carcinoma of the lung.

Authors:
Seyyed Mohammad Reza Kazemi-Bajestani Harald Becher Charles Butts Naveen S Basappa Michael Smylie Anil Abraham Joy Randeep Sangha Andrea Gallivan Peter Kavsak Quincy Chu Vickie E Baracos

J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2019 Oct 10;10(5):1070-1082. Epub 2019 Jul 10.

Department of Oncology, Division of Palliative Care Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12451DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6818459PMC
October 2019

Sarcopenia: A Time for Action. An SCWD Position Paper.

Authors:
Juergen Bauer John E Morley Annemie M W J Schols Luigi Ferrucci Alfonso J Cruz-Jentoft Elsa Dent Vickie E Baracos Jeffrey A Crawford Wolfram Doehner Steven B Heymsfield Aminah Jatoi Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh Mitja Lainscak Francesco Landi Alessandro Laviano Michelangelo Mancuso Maurizio Muscaritoli Carla M Prado Florian Strasser Stephan von Haehling Andrew J S Coats Stefan D Anker

J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2019 Oct 15;10(5):956-961. Epub 2019 Sep 15.

BIH Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT), Charité Uinversitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12483DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6818450PMC
October 2019

Skeletal muscle mass correlates with increased toxicity during neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy in locally advanced esophageal cancer: A SAKK 75/08 substudy.

Authors:
Cédric M Panje Laura Höng Stefanie Hayoz Vickie E Baracos Evelyn Herrmann Helena Garcia Schüler Urs R Meier Guido Henke Sabina Schacher Hanne Hawle Marie-Aline Gérard Thomas Ruhstaller Ludwig Plasswilm

Radiat Oncol 2019 Sep 11;14(1):166. Epub 2019 Sep 11.

Department of Radiation Oncology, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

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https://ro-journal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13014
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13014-019-1372-3DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6739918PMC
September 2019

Immunohistochemical phenotyping of T cells, granulocytes, and phagocytes in the muscle of cancer patients: association with radiologically defined muscle mass and gene expression.

Authors:
Ana Anoveros-Barrera Amritpal S Bhullar Cynthia Stretch Abha R Dunichand-Hoedl Karen J B Martins Aja Rieger David Bigam Todd McMullen Oliver F Bathe Charles T Putman Catherine J Field Vickie E Baracos Vera C Mazurak

Skelet Muscle 2019 09 14;9(1):24. Epub 2019 Sep 14.

Department of Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Alberta, 4-002 Li Ka Shing Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2P5, Canada.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13395-019-0209-yDOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6744687PMC
September 2019

Assessing dietary intake in accordance with guidelines: Useful correlations with an ingesta-Verbal/Visual Analogue Scale in medical oncology patients.

Authors:
Estelle Guerdoux-Ninot Nicolas Flori Chloé Janiszewski Arnaud Vaillé Hélène de Forges Bruno Raynard Vickie E Baracos Simon Thezenas Pierre Senesse

Clin Nutr 2019 08 30;38(4):1927-1935. Epub 2018 Jun 30.

Department of Supportive Care, Cancer Institute of Montpellier (ICM), Montpellier, University of Montpellier, France; Department of Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology, Cancer Institute of Montpellier (ICM), University of Montpellier, France.

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https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S02615614183119
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2018.06.974DOI Listing
August 2019

A comparison of CT based measures of skeletal muscle mass and density from the Th4 and L3 levels in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer.

Authors:
Bjørn H Grønberg Bjørg Sjøblom Tore Wentzel-Larsen Vickie E Baracos Marianne J Hjermstad Nina Aass Roy M Bremnes Øystein Fløtten Asta Bye Marit Jordhøy

Eur J Clin Nutr 2019 Jul 25;73(7):1069-1076. Epub 2018 Sep 25.

Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41430-018-0325-5DOI Listing
July 2019

Muscle segmentation in axial computed tomography (CT) images at the lumbar (L3) and thoracic (T4) levels for body composition analysis.

Authors:
Setareh Dabiri Karteek Popuri Elizabeth M Cespedes Feliciano Bette J Caan Vickie E Baracos Mirza Faisal Beg

Comput Med Imaging Graph 2019 Jul 9;75:47-55. Epub 2019 May 9.

School of Engineering Science, Simon Fraser University, Canada.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compmedimag.2019.04.007DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6620151PMC
July 2019

Profiling Determinants of Resting Energy Expenditure in Colorectal Cancer.

Authors:
Sarah A Purcell Vickie E Baracos Quincy S C Chu Michael B Sawyer Diane Severin Marina Mourtzakis Jessica R Lieffers Carla M Prado

Nutr Cancer 2019 Jul 8:1-8. Epub 2019 Jul 8.

a Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science, Faculty of Agricultural, Life, and Environmental Sciences , University of Alberta , Edmonton , Canada.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01635581.2019.1635172DOI Listing
July 2019

The Impact of Muscle and Adipose Tissue on Long-term Survival in Patients With Stage I to III Colorectal Cancer.

Authors:
Jessica J Hopkins Rebecca L Reif David L Bigam Vickie E Baracos Dean T Eurich Michael B Sawyer

Dis Colon Rectum 2019 05;62(5):549-560

Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/DCR.0000000000001352DOI Listing
May 2019

Undiagnosed cardiac deficits in non-small cell carcinoma patients in the candidate population for anti-cachexia clinical trials.

Authors:
Seyyed Mohammad Reza Kazemi-Bajestani Harald Becher Charles Butts Naveen S Basappa Michael Smylie Anil Abraham Joy Randeep Sangha Andrea Gallivan Quincy Chu Vickie E Baracos

Support Care Cancer 2019 Apr 13;27(4):1551-1561. Epub 2018 Dec 13.

Department of Oncology, Division of Palliative Care Medicine, University of Alberta, 11560 University Avenue, Edmonton, AB, T6G 1Z2, Canada.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-018-4561-yDOI Listing
April 2019

Canadian Nutrition Society: Scientific Abstracts from the 10th Annual Scientific Meeting / Société canadienne de nutrition: Résumés scientifiques de la 10 réunion scientifique annuelle.

Authors:
Sara Nejatinamini Brock Debenham Carla Prado Vickie E Baracos Quincy Chu Wendy W Wismer Vera C Mazurak

Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2019 04;44(4 (Suppl. 1)):S1-S54

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http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/10.1139/apnm-2019-0152
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2019-0152DOI Listing
April 2019

Prevalence and prognostic significance of malnutrition in patients with cancers of the head and neck.

Authors:
Catherine Kubrak Lisa Martin Leah Gramlich Rufus Scrimger Naresh Jha Brock Debenham Neil Chua John Walker Vickie E Baracos

Clin Nutr 2019 Apr 4. Epub 2019 Apr 4.

Department of Oncology, Division of Palliative Care Medicine, University of Alberta, Cross Cancer Institute, 11560 University Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1Z2, Canada. Electronic address:

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https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S02615614193014
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2019.03.030DOI Listing
April 2019

Cancer-Associated Malnutrition and CT-Defined Sarcopenia and Myosteatosis Are Endemic in Overweight and Obese Patients.

Authors:
Lisa Martin Ioannis Gioulbasanis Pierre Senesse Vickie E Baracos

JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 2019 Apr 22. Epub 2019 Apr 22.

Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jpen.1597DOI Listing
April 2019

The association of medical and demographic characteristics with sarcopenia and low muscle radiodensity in patients with nonmetastatic colorectal cancer.

Authors:
Jingjie Xiao Bette J Caan Elizabeth M Cespedes Feliciano Jeffrey A Meyerhardt Candyce H Kroenke Vickie E Baracos Erin Weltzien Marilyn L Kwan Stacey E Alexeeff Adrienne L Castillo Carla M Prado

Am J Clin Nutr 2019 03;109(3):615-625

Human Nutrition Research Unit, Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science.

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https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/109/3/615/5372500
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqy328DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6408202PMC
March 2019

Host phenotype is associated with reduced survival independent of tumour biology in patients with colorectal liver metastases.

Authors:
David P J van Dijk Matthew Krill Farshad Farshidfar Ting Li Sander S Rensen Steven W M Olde Damink Elijah Dixon Francis R Sutherland Chad G Ball Vera C Mazurak Vickie E Baracos Oliver F Bathe

J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2019 02 31;10(1):123-130. Epub 2018 Oct 31.

Department of Surgery and Oncology, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.

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http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/jcsm.12358
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12358DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6438330PMC
February 2019

Low muscle mass is associated with early termination of chemotherapy related to toxicity in patients with head and neck cancer.

Authors:
Martine J Sealy Tanadech Dechaphunkul Cees P van der Schans Wim P Krijnen Jan L N Roodenburg John Walker Harriët Jager-Wittenaar Vickie E Baracos

Clin Nutr 2019 Feb 22. Epub 2019 Feb 22.

Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Electronic address:

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2019.02.029DOI Listing
February 2019

Cancer cachexia is defined by an ongoing loss of skeletal muscle mass.

Authors:
Vickie E Baracos Vera C Mazurak Amritpal S Bhullar

Ann Palliat Med 2019 Jan;8(1):3-12

Division of Human Nutrition, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/apm.2018.12.01DOI Listing
January 2019

Dietary patterns and their relationships to sarcopenia in Portuguese patients with gastrointestinal cancer: An exploratory study.

Authors:
Sónia Velho Sara Moço Andreia Ferreira Rita Cruz Lisa Agostinho M Salomé Cabral Gonçalo Luz Fábio Lopes José Alberto Teixeira João Strecht José L Passos Coelho Rui Maio Marilia Cravo Vickie E Baracos

Nutrition 2019 Jul - Aug;63-64:193-199. Epub 2019 Jan 25.

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nut.2019.01.014DOI Listing
January 2019

Barriers to cancer nutrition therapy: excess catabolism of muscle and adipose tissues induced by tumour products and chemotherapy.

Authors:
Dalton L Schiessel Vickie E Baracos

Proc Nutr Soc 2018 11 30;77(4):394-402. Epub 2018 Apr 30.

Division of Palliative Care Medicine,Department of Oncology,University of Alberta, 11560 University Avenue,Edmonton, Alberta,Canada.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0029665118000186DOI Listing
November 2018

Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms in TAOK3 Are Associated With High Opioid Requirement for Pain Management in Patients With Advanced Cancer Admitted to a Tertiary Palliative Care Unit.

Authors:
Timothy Gutteridge Mahalakshmi Kumaran Sunita Ghosh Robin Fainsinger Pål Klepstad Yoko Tarumi Sambasivarao Damaraju Vickie E Baracos

J Pain Symptom Manage 2018 10 20;56(4):560-566. Epub 2018 Jul 20.

Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Electronic address:

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.07.011DOI Listing
October 2018

Low subcutaneous adiposity associates with higher mortality in female patients with cirrhosis.

Authors:
Maryam Ebadi Puneeta Tandon Carlos Moctezuma-Velazquez Sunita Ghosh Vickie E Baracos Vera C Mazurak Aldo J Montano-Loza

J Hepatol 2018 09 28;69(3):608-616. Epub 2018 Apr 28.

Division of Gastroenterology & Liver Unit, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Electronic address:

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https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S01688278183202
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2018.04.015DOI Listing
September 2018

Assessment of Computed Tomography (CT)-Defined Muscle and Adipose Tissue Features in Relation to Short-Term Outcomes After Elective Surgery for Colorectal Cancer: A Multicenter Approach.

Authors:
Lisa Martin Jessica Hopkins Georgios Malietzis J T Jenkins Michael B Sawyer Ron Brisebois Anthony MacLean Gregg Nelson Leah Gramlich Vickie E Baracos

Ann Surg Oncol 2018 Sep 13;25(9):2669-2680. Epub 2018 Jul 13.

Department of Oncology, 4023 Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1245/s10434-018-6652-xDOI Listing
September 2018

Cancer-associated malnutrition.

Authors:
Vickie E Baracos

Eur J Clin Nutr 2018 09 5;72(9):1255-1259. Epub 2018 Sep 5.

Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Cross Cancer Institute, 11560 University Avenue Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G1Z2.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41430-018-0245-4DOI Listing
September 2018

Associations of pre-existing co-morbidities with skeletal muscle mass and radiodensity in patients with non-metastatic colorectal cancer.

Authors:
Jingjie Xiao Bette J Caan Erin Weltzien Elizabeth M Cespedes Feliciano Candyce H Kroenke Jeffrey A Meyerhardt Vickie E Baracos Marilyn L Kwan Adrienne L Castillo Carla M Prado

J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2018 08 19;9(4):654-663. Epub 2018 Apr 19.

Human Nutrition Research Unit, Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12301DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6104112PMC
August 2018

Sarcopenia and myosteatosis are accompanied by distinct biological profiles in patients with pancreatic and periampullary adenocarcinomas.

Authors:
Cynthia Stretch Jean-Michel Aubin Beata Mickiewicz Derek Leugner Tariq Al-Manasra Elizabeth Tobola Santiago Salazar Francis R Sutherland Chad G Ball Elijah Dixon Hans J Vogel Sambasivario Damaraju Vickie E Baracos Oliver F Bathe

PLoS One 2018 3;13(5):e0196235. Epub 2018 May 3.

Department of Oncology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.

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http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0196235PLOS
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5933771PMC
August 2018

Barriers to the Interpretation of Body Composition in Colorectal Cancer: A Review of the Methodological Inconsistency and Complexity of the CT-Defined Body Habitus.

Authors:
Jessica J Hopkins Daniel Skubleny David L Bigam Vickie E Baracos Dean T Eurich Michael B Sawyer

Ann Surg Oncol 2018 May 27;25(5):1381-1394. Epub 2018 Feb 27.

Department of Medical Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1245/s10434-018-6395-8DOI Listing
May 2018

Body Composition in Relation to Clinical Outcomes in Renal Cell Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Authors:
Alina Vrieling Ellen Kampman Nathalja C Knijnenburg Peter F Mulders J P Michiel Sedelaar Vickie E Baracos Lambertus A Kiemeney

Eur Urol Focus 2018 04 4;4(3):420-434. Epub 2016 Dec 4.

Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euf.2016.11.009DOI Listing
April 2018

Bridging the gap: are animal models consistent with clinical cancer cachexia?

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Vickie E Baracos

Nat Rev Clin Oncol 2018 04 6;15(4):197-198. Epub 2018 Feb 6.

Division of Palliative Care Medicine, Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrclinonc.2018.14DOI Listing
April 2018

Head and Neck Cancer Patients Do Not Meet Recommended Intakes of Micronutrients without Consuming Fortified Products.

Authors:
Sara Nejatinamini Catherine Kubrak Mirey Álvarez-Camacho Vickie E Baracos Sunita Ghosh Wendy V Wismer Vera C Mazurak

Nutr Cancer 2018 04 13;70(3):474-482. Epub 2018 Mar 13.

a Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science , University of Alberta , Edmonton , Alberta , Canada.

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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01635581.2018.1
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01635581.2018.1445767DOI Listing
April 2018

Visceral adiposity increases risk for hepatocellular carcinoma in male patients with cirrhosis and recurrence after liver transplant.

Authors:
Aldo J Montano-Loza Vera C Mazurak Maryam Ebadi Judith Meza-Junco Michael B Sawyer Vickie E Baracos Norman Kneteman

Hepatology 2018 03 26;67(3):914-923. Epub 2018 Jan 26.

Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep.29578DOI Listing
March 2018

Poor Physical Function as a Marker of Sarcopenia in Adults with Class II/III Obesity.

Authors:
Carlene A Johnson Stoklossa Sunita S Ghosh Mary Forhan Arya M Sharma Tasuku Terada Mario Siervo Vickie E Baracos Raj S Padwal Pam A Hung Michael B Sawyer Yara Lm Maia Carla M Prado

Curr Dev Nutr 2018 Mar 18;2(3):nzx008. Epub 2017 Dec 18.

Departments of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

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http://cdn.nutrition.org/lookup/doi/10.3945/cdn.117.001743
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3945/cdn.117.001743DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6201683PMC
March 2018

Cancer-associated cachexia.

Authors:
Vickie E Baracos Lisa Martin Murray Korc Denis C Guttridge Kenneth C H Fearon

Nat Rev Dis Primers 2018 01 18;4:17105. Epub 2018 Jan 18.

Clinical and Surgical Sciences, School of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Royal Infirmary, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrdp.2017.105DOI Listing
January 2018

Muscle mass and association to quality of life in non-small cell lung cancer patients.

Authors:
Asta Bye Bjørg Sjøblom Tore Wentzel-Larsen Bjørn H Grønberg Vickie E Baracos Marianne J Hjermstad Nina Aass Roy M Bremnes Øystein Fløtten Marit Jordhøy

J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2017 Oct 10;8(5):759-767. Epub 2017 May 10.

Department of Internal Medicine, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Hamar, Norway.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12206DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5659054PMC
October 2017

The applicability of a weight loss grading system in cancer cachexia: a longitudinal analysis.

Authors:
Ola Magne Vagnildhaug David Blum Andrew Wilcock Peter Fayers Florian Strasser Vickie E Baracos Marianne J Hjermstad Stein Kaasa Barry Laird Tora S Solheim

J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2017 Oct 18;8(5):789-797. Epub 2017 Jun 18.

European Palliative Care Research Centre (PRC), Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, NTNU-Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12220DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5659057PMC
October 2017

Fish oil mitigates myosteatosis and improves chemotherapy efficacy in a preclinical model of colon cancer.

Authors:
Alaa A Almasud Kaitlin H Giles John J Miklavcic Karen J B Martins Vickie E Baracos Charles T Putman Leluo L Guan Vera C Mazurak

PLoS One 2017 23;12(8):e0183576. Epub 2017 Aug 23.

Alberta Institute for Human Nutrition, Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

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http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0183576PLOS
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5568380PMC
October 2017

Psoas as a sentinel muscle for sarcopenia: a flawed premise.

Authors:
Vickie E Baracos

J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2017 08 3;8(4):527-528. Epub 2017 Jul 3.

Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, 11560 University Avenue, Edmonton, AB, T6G1Z2, Canada.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12221DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5566635PMC
August 2017

International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care Endorses Volitional Death by Starvation and Dehydration.

Authors:
Vickie E Baracos

J Palliat Med 2017 06 1;20(6):577. Epub 2017 Mar 1.

Department of Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta , Edmonton, Canada .

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2017.0044DOI Listing
June 2017

Subcutaneous adiposity is an independent predictor of mortality in cancer patients.

Authors:
Maryam Ebadi Lisa Martin Sunita Ghosh Catherine J Field Richard Lehner Vickie E Baracos Vera C Mazurak

Br J Cancer 2017 Jun 6;117(1):148-155. Epub 2017 Jun 6.

Division of Human Nutrition, Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB T6G 2E1, Canada.

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June 2017

Skeletal muscle density is an independent predictor of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma outcomes treated with rituximab-based chemoimmunotherapy.

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Michael P Chu Jessica Lieffers Sunita Ghosh Andrew Belch Neil S Chua Amelie Fontaine Randeep Sangha Robert A Turner Vickie E Baracos Michael B Sawyer

J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2017 Apr 21;8(2):298-304. Epub 2016 Nov 21.

Department of Medical Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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April 2017

Drug Dose Per Kilogram Lean Body Mass Predicts Hematologic Toxicity From Carboplatin-Doublet Chemotherapy in Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.

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Bjørg Sjøblom Jūratė Šaltytė Benth Bjørn H Grønberg Vickie E Baracos Michael B Sawyer Øystein Fløtten Marianne J Hjermstad Nina Aass Marit Jordhøy

Clin Lung Cancer 2017 03 5;18(2):e129-e136. Epub 2016 Oct 5.

Department of Internal Medicine, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Hamar, Norway; Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.

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March 2017

Body Composition as a Prognostic Factor of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Toxicity and Outcome in Patients with Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer.

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Carolina Palmela Sónia Velho Lisa Agostinho Francisco Branco Marta Santos Maria Pia Costa Santos Maria Helena Oliveira João Strecht Rui Maio Marília Cravo Vickie E Baracos

J Gastric Cancer 2017 Mar 14;17(1):74-87. Epub 2017 Mar 14.

Division of Palliative Care Medicine, Department of Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada .

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March 2017

Weight loss versus muscle loss: re-evaluating inclusion criteria for future cancer cachexia interventional trials.

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Eric J Roeland Joseph D Ma Sandahl H Nelson Tyler Seibert Sean Heavey Carolyn Revta Andrea Gallivan Vickie E Baracos

Support Care Cancer 2017 02 15;25(2):365-369. Epub 2016 Sep 15.

Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

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February 2017

New genetic signatures associated with cancer cachexia as defined by low skeletal muscle index and weight loss.

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Neil Johns Cynthia Stretch Benjamin H L Tan Tora S Solheim Sveinung Sørhaug Nathan A Stephens Ioannis Gioulbasanis Richard J E Skipworth D A Christopher Deans Antonio Vigano James A Ross Oliver F Bathe Michel L Tremblay Stein Kaasa Florian Strasser Bruno Gagnon Vickie E Baracos Sambasivarao Damaraju Kenneth C H Fearon

J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2017 Feb 5;8(1):122-130. Epub 2016 Aug 5.

Department of Clinical and Surgical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.

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February 2017

Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases Inhibitors: Potential Therapeutic Agents for Cancer Cachexia.

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Mol Cancer Ther 2017 02;16(2):263-264

Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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February 2017

Loss of visceral adipose tissue precedes subcutaneous adipose tissue and associates with n-6 fatty acid content.

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Maryam Ebadi Vickie E Baracos Oliver F Bathe Lindsay E Robinson Vera C Mazurak

Clin Nutr 2016 12 24;35(6):1347-1353. Epub 2016 Feb 24.

Division of Human Nutrition, Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, 4-002 Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Research Innovation, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, Canada. Electronic address:

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December 2016

Skeletal muscle radiodensity is prognostic for survival in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer.

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Bjørg Sjøblom Bjørn H Grønberg Tore Wentzel-Larsen Vickie E Baracos Marianne J Hjermstad Nina Aass Roy M Bremnes Øystein Fløtten Asta Bye Marit Jordhøy

Clin Nutr 2016 12 1;35(6):1386-1393. Epub 2016 Apr 1.

Dept of Internal Medicine, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Hamar, Norway; Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway.

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December 2016

Ken Fearon.

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Cell Metab 2016 12 13;24(6):765-766. Epub 2016 Dec 13.

Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Electronic address:

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December 2016

Cancer Cachexia: Beyond Weight Loss.

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Andrew R Bruggeman Arif H Kamal Thomas W LeBlanc Joseph D Ma Vickie E Baracos Eric J Roeland

J Oncol Pract 2016 11;12(11):1163-1171

University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA; Duke University Medical Center; and Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; and University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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November 2016

Physiological and functional failure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure and cancer: a debilitating intersection of sarcopenia, cachexia and breathlessness.

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Deborah Dudgeon Vickie E Baracos

Curr Opin Support Palliat Care 2016 09;10(3):236-41

aQueen's University, Kingston, Ontario bDepartment of Oncology, University of Alberta Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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September 2016

Recommended European Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition protein and energy intakes and weight loss in patients with head and neck cancer.

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Kaitlin H Giles Catherine Kubrak Vickie E Baracos Karin Olson Vera C Mazurak

Head Neck 2016 08 29;38(8):1248-57. Epub 2016 Mar 29.

Alberta Institute for Human Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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August 2016

Defense of Elevated Body Weight Setpoint in Diet-Induced Obese Rats on Low Energy Diet Is Mediated by Loss of Melanocortin Sensitivity in the Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus.

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Dirk W Luchtman Melissa J S Chee Barbora Doslikova Daniel L Marks Vickie E Baracos William F Colmers

PLoS One 2015 7;10(10):e0139462. Epub 2015 Oct 7.

Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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June 2016

Sarcopenic obesity and myosteatosis are associated with higher mortality in patients with cirrhosis.

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Aldo J Montano-Loza Paul Angulo Judith Meza-Junco Carla M M Prado Michael B Sawyer Crystal Beaumont Nina Esfandiari Mang Ma Vickie E Baracos

J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2016 May 9;7(2):126-35. Epub 2015 Jun 9.

Department of Oncology Cross Cancer Institute Edmonton Alberta Canada.

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May 2016

Lean body mass as an independent determinant of dose-limiting toxicity and neuropathy in patients with colon cancer treated with FOLFOX regimens.

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Raafi Ali Vickie E Baracos Michael B Sawyer Laurent Bianchi Sarah Roberts Eric Assenat Caroline Mollevi Pierre Senesse

Cancer Med 2016 Apr 27;5(4):607-16. Epub 2016 Jan 27.

Department of Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology, Institute of Cancer Montpellier, Montpellier, France.

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April 2016

The effects of curcumin (diferuloylmethane) on body composition of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer.

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Henrique A Parsons Vickie E Baracos David S Hong James Abbruzzese Eduardo Bruera Razelle Kurzrock

Oncotarget 2016 Apr;7(15):20293-304

Division of Hematology & Oncology and Center for Personalized Cancer Therapy, Moores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.

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April 2016

Skeletal muscle radio-density is an independent predictor of response and outcomes in follicular lymphoma treated with chemoimmunotherapy.

Authors:
Michael P Chu Jessica Lieffers Sunita Ghosh Andrew R Belch Neil S Chua Amelie Fontaine Randeep Sangha A Robert Turner Vickie E Baracos Michael B Sawyer

PLoS One 2015 1;10(6):e0127589. Epub 2015 Jun 1.

Department of Medical Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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March 2016

Concurrent depletion of skeletal muscle, fat, and left ventricular mass in patients with cirrhosis of the liver.

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Seyyed Mohammad Reza Kazemi-Bajestani Harald Becher Sunita Ghosh Aldo J Montano-Loza Vickie E Baracos

J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2016 Mar 27;7(1):97-9. Epub 2015 Dec 27.

Department of Oncology, Division of Palliative Care Medicine University of Alberta Edmonton AB Canada.

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March 2016

Low muscle mass is associated with chemotherapy-induced haematological toxicity in advanced non-small cell lung cancer.

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Bjørg Sjøblom Bjørn H Grønberg Jūratė Šaltytė Benth Vickie E Baracos Øystein Fløtten Marianne J Hjermstad Nina Aass Marit Jordhøy

Lung Cancer 2015 Oct 9;90(1):85-91. Epub 2015 Jul 9.

Department of Internal Medicine, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Hamar, Norway; Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway.

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October 2015

Modeling the energetic cost of cancer as a result of altered energy metabolism: implications for cachexia.

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Douglas E Friesen Vickie E Baracos Jack A Tuszynski

Theor Biol Med Model 2015 Sep 15;12:17. Epub 2015 Sep 15.

Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 1Z2, Canada.

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September 2015

Nutritional Status, Body Surface, and Low Lean Body Mass/Body Mass Index Are Related to Dose Reduction and Severe Gastrointestinal Toxicity Induced by Afatinib in Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

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Oscar Arrieta Martha De la Torre-Vallejo Diego López-Macías David Orta Jenny Turcott Eleazar-Omar Macedo-Pérez Karla Sánchez-Lara Laura-Alejandra Ramírez-Tirado Vickie E Baracos

Oncologist 2015 Aug 14;20(8):967-74. Epub 2015 Jul 14.

Thoracic Oncology Unit, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Mexico City, Mexico; Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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August 2015

Correlates of objectively measured sedentary behavior in cancer patients with brain metastases: an application of the theory of planned behavior.

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Sonya S Lowe Brita Danielson Crystal Beaumont Sharon M Watanabe Vickie E Baracos Kerry S Courneya

Psychooncology 2015 Jul 29;24(7):757-62. Epub 2014 Jul 29.

Faculty of Physical Education & Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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July 2015

Development of a new equation to estimate creatinine clearance in cancer patients.

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Michael P Chu Larissa McCaw Cynthia Stretch Charles Butts John Hanson Michelle Kuzma Vijaya L Damaraju Vickie E Baracos Michael B Sawyer

Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 2015 Jul 19;76(1):117-24. Epub 2015 May 19.

Department of Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, 11560 University Avenue, Edmonton, AB, T6G 1Z2, Canada,

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July 2015

Inclusion of Sarcopenia Within MELD (MELD-Sarcopenia) and the Prediction of Mortality in Patients With Cirrhosis.

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Aldo J Montano-Loza Andres Duarte-Rojo Judith Meza-Junco Vickie E Baracos Michael B Sawyer Jack X Q Pang Crystal Beaumont Nina Esfandiari Robert P Myers

Clin Transl Gastroenterol 2015 Jul 16;6:e102. Epub 2015 Jul 16.

1] Liver Unit, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada [2] Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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July 2015

Muscle wasting: is mitochondrial dysfunction a key target?

Authors:
Didier Attaix Claude Pichard Vickie E Baracos

Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 2015 May;18(3):213-4

aClermont Université, Université d'Auvergne, Unité de Nutrition Humaine bINRA, UMR 1019, UNH, CRNH Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France cNutrition Unit, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland dDepartment of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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May 2015

Effects of sample size on differential gene expression, rank order and prediction accuracy of a gene signature.

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Cynthia Stretch Sheehan Khan Nasimeh Asgarian Roman Eisner Saman Vaisipour Sambasivarao Damaraju Kathryn Graham Oliver F Bathe Helen Steed Russell Greiner Vickie E Baracos

PLoS One 2013 3;8(6):e65380. Epub 2013 Jun 3.

Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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January 2015

Diagnostic criteria for the classification of cancer-associated weight loss.

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Lisa Martin Pierre Senesse Ioannis Gioulbasanis Sami Antoun Federico Bozzetti Chris Deans Florian Strasser Lene Thoresen R Thomas Jagoe Martin Chasen Kent Lundholm Ingvar Bosaeus Kenneth H Fearon Vickie E Baracos

J Clin Oncol 2015 Jan 24;33(1):90-9. Epub 2014 Nov 24.

Lisa Martin and Vickie E. Baracos, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; R. Thomas Jagoe, McGill Cancer Nutrition Rehabilitation Clinic, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec; Martin Chasen, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Pierre Senesse, Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, Montpellier; Sami Antoun, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; Ioannis Gioulbasanis, Larissa General Clinic, Larissa, Thessaly, Greece; Federico Bozzetti, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; Chris Deans and Kenneth H. Fearon, School of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Edinburgh, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; Florian Strasser, Cantonal Hospital, St Gallen, Switzerland; Lene Thoresen, St Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway; Kent Lundholm, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Gothenburg University; and Ingvar Bosaeus, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.

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January 2015

Skeletal muscle anabolism in patients with advanced cancer.

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Lancet Oncol 2015 Jan 16;16(1):13-4. Epub 2014 Dec 16.

Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, 11560 University Avenue, Edmonton, Canada T6G1Z2. Electronic address:

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January 2015

Hyperhomocysteinemia as a potential contributor of colorectal cancer development in inflammatory bowel diseases: a review.

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World J Gastroenterol 2015 Jan;21(4):1081-90

Ammar Hassanzadeh Keshteli, Karen L Madsen, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1, Canada.

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January 2015

Associations between objectively measured physical activity and quality of life in cancer patients with brain metastases.

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Sonya S Lowe Brita Danielson Crystal Beaumont Sharon M Watanabe Vickie E Baracos Kerry S Courneya

J Pain Symptom Manage 2014 Sep 11;48(3):322-32. Epub 2014 Mar 11.

Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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September 2014

Tumour-derived PTH-related protein triggers adipose tissue browning and cancer cachexia.

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Serkan Kir James P White Sandra Kleiner Lawrence Kazak Paul Cohen Vickie E Baracos Bruce M Spiegelman

Nature 2014 Sep 13;513(7516):100-4. Epub 2014 Jul 13.

Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.

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September 2014

Sarcopenia as a prognostic index of nutritional status in concurrent cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.

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Judith Meza-Junco Aldo J Montano-Loza Vickie E Baracos Carla M M Prado Vincent G Bain Crystal Beaumont Nina Esfandiari Jessica R Lieffers Michael B Sawyer

J Clin Gastroenterol 2013 Nov-Dec;47(10):861-70

*Department of Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute †Division of Gastroenterology & Liver Unit, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada ‡Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.

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June 2014

Concurrent evolution of cancer cachexia and heart failure: bilateral effects exist.

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Seyyed M R Kazemi-Bajestani Harald Becher Konrad Fassbender Quincy Chu Vickie E Baracos

J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2014 Jun 14;5(2):95-104. Epub 2014 Mar 14.

Department of Oncology, Division of Palliative Care Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

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June 2014

Severe muscle depletion predicts postoperative length of stay but is not associated with survival after liver transplantation.

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Aldo J Montano-Loza Judith Meza-Junco Vickie E Baracos Carla M M Prado Mang Ma Glenda Meeberg Crystal Beaumont Puneeta Tandon Nina Esfandiari Michael B Sawyer Norman Kneteman

Liver Transpl 2014 Jun 26;20(6):640-8. Epub 2014 Mar 26.

Division of Gastroenterology, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Canada; Liver Unit, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Canada.

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June 2014

The association between body composition and toxicities from the combination of Doxil and trabectedin in patients with advanced relapsed ovarian cancer.

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Carla M M Prado Vickie E Baracos Jingjie Xiao Laura Birdsell Kim Stuyckens Youn Choi Park Trilok Parekh Michael B Sawyer

Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2014 Jun 23;39(6):693-8. Epub 2014 Jan 23.

a Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, The Florida State University, 412 Sandels Building, 120 Convocation Way, Tallahassee, FL 32360, USA.

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June 2014

Home-based functional walking program for advanced cancer patients receiving palliative care: a case series.

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Sonya S Lowe Sharon M Watanabe Vickie E Baracos Kerry S Courneya

BMC Palliat Care 2013 11;12:22. Epub 2013 May 11.

Physical Activity and Cancer, Physical Education & Recreation, University of Alberta, E-488 Van Vliet Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H9, Canada.

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May 2014

Too little or too much are inadequate.

Authors:
Claude Pichard Didier Attaix Vickie E Baracos

Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 2014 May;17(3):211-2

Clinical Nutrition, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.

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May 2014

Sarcopenia and physical function in overweight patients with advanced cancer.

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Carla M M Prado Jessica R Lieffers Lindsay Bowthorpe Vickie E Baracos Marina Mourtzakis Linda J McCargar

Can J Diet Pract Res 2013 ;74(2):69-74

Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

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December 2013

Dietary patterns of patients with advanced lung or colorectal cancer.

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Carla M M Prado Jessica R Lieffers Gabriella Bergsten Marina Mourtzakis Vickie E Baracos Tony Reiman Michael B Sawyer Linda J McCargar

Can J Diet Pract Res 2012 ;73(4):e298-303

Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.

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November 2013

The head and neck symptom checklist©: an instrument to evaluate nutrition impact symptoms effect on energy intake and weight loss.

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Catherine Kubrak Kärin Olson Vickie E Baracos

Support Care Cancer 2013 Nov 14;21(11):3127-36. Epub 2013 Jul 14.

Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada,

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November 2013

Assessment of nutritional status in cancer--the relationship between body composition and pharmacokinetics.

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Carla M M Prado Yara L M Maia Michael Ormsbee Michael B Sawyer Vickie E Baracos

Anticancer Agents Med Chem 2013 Oct;13(8):1197-203

Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, The Florida State University, 120 Convocation Way, PO Box 3061493, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1493, USA.

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October 2013

Central tenet of cancer cachexia therapy: do patients with advanced cancer have exploitable anabolic potential?

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Carla M Prado Michael B Sawyer Sunita Ghosh Jessica R Lieffers Nina Esfandiari Sami Antoun Vickie E Baracos

Am J Clin Nutr 2013 Oct 21;98(4):1012-9. Epub 2013 Aug 21.

Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.

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October 2013

Skeletal muscle density predicts prognosis in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma treated with targeted therapies.

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Sami Antoun Emilie Lanoy Roberto Iacovelli Laurence Albiges-Sauvin Yohann Loriot Mansouriah Merad-Taoufik Karim Fizazi Mario di Palma Vickie E Baracos Bernard Escudier

Cancer 2013 Sep 25;119(18):3377-84. Epub 2013 Jun 25.

Department of Ambulatory Care, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France.

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September 2013

Body composition variation and impact of low skeletal muscle mass in patients with advanced medullary thyroid carcinoma treated with vandetanib: results from a placebo-controlled study.

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Marie-Hélène Massicotte Isabelle Borget Sophie Broutin Vickie E Baracos Sophie Leboulleux Eric Baudin Angelo Paci Alain Deroussent Martin Schlumberger Sami Antoun

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Department of Nuclear Medicine and Endocrine Oncology, Institut Gustave Roussy, F-94805 Villejuif, France.

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Clinical determinants of weight loss in patients receiving radiation and chemoirradiation for head and neck cancer: a prospective longitudinal view.

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Head Neck 2013 May 22;35(5):695-703. Epub 2012 Jun 22.

Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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May 2013

The nutrition swing.

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Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 2013 May;16(3):241-2

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May 2013

Clinical trials of cancer cachexia therapy, now and hereafter.

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J Clin Oncol 2013 Apr 25;31(10):1257-8. Epub 2013 Feb 25.

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April 2013

Cancer cachexia in the age of obesity: skeletal muscle depletion is a powerful prognostic factor, independent of body mass index.

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J Clin Oncol 2013 Apr 25;31(12):1539-47. Epub 2013 Mar 25.

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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April 2013

Reframing eating during chemotherapy in cancer patients with chemosensory alterations.

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Eur J Oncol Nurs 2012 Dec 20;16(5):483-90. Epub 2012 Jan 20.

Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Canada.

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December 2012

Irinotecan (CPT-11) chemotherapy alters intestinal microbiota in tumour bearing rats.

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PLoS One 2012 26;7(7):e39764. Epub 2012 Jul 26.

Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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November 2012

Is there a genetic cause of appetite loss?-an explorative study in 1,853 cancer patients.

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J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2012 Sep 26;3(3):191-8. Epub 2012 Apr 26.

Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 7030, Trondheim, Norway,

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September 2012

Evaluation of the clinical relevance of body composition parameters in patients with cancer metastatic to the liver treated with hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy.

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Nutr Cancer 2012 9;64(2):206-17. Epub 2012 Jan 9.

Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics (A Phase I Clinical Trials Program), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.

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June 2012

P-selectin genotype is associated with the development of cancer cachexia.

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EMBO Mol Med 2012 Jun 4;4(6):462-71. Epub 2012 Apr 4.

University of Edinburgh, Clinical and Surgical Sciences (Surgery), Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, UK.

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June 2012

Body composition, symptoms, and survival in advanced cancer patients referred to a phase I service.

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PLoS One 2012 3;7(1):e29330. Epub 2012 Jan 3.

Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics (A Phase I Clinical Trials Program), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America.

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May 2012

Muscle wasting: a crosstalk between protein synthesis and breakdown signalling.

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Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 2012 May;15(3):209-10

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May 2012

Survival: the relevant primary outcome for nutrition therapy in cancer patients.

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Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 2012 May;15(3):211-2

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