Publications by authors named "Vickie E Baracos"

100Publications

Response Regarding: Thigh Ultrasound Used to Identify Frail Elderly Patients With Sarcopenia Undergoing Surgery: A Pilot Study.

Authors:
Rachel G Khadaroo Amritpal S Bhullar Puneeta Tandon Vickie E Baracos Omar Al-Khathiri Saad Y Salim

J Surg Res 2020 Dec 9. Epub 2020 Dec 9.

Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; The Centre of Excellence for Gastrointestinal Inflammation and Immunity Research, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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December 2020

Sarcopenia Severity Based on Computed Tomography Image Analysis in Patients with Cirrhosis.

Authors:
Maryam Ebadi Rahima A Bhanji Abha R Dunichand-Hoedl Vera C Mazurak Vickie E Baracos Aldo J Montano-Loza

Nutrients 2020 Nov 11;12(11). Epub 2020 Nov 11.

Division of Gastroenterology & Liver Unit, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2X8, Canada.

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November 2020

Deep learning method for localization and segmentation of abdominal CT.

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

Comput Med Imaging Graph 2020 Oct 14;85:101776. Epub 2020 Aug 14.

School of Engineering Science, Simon Fraser University, Canada.

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October 2020

Association of Low Muscle Mass and Low Muscle Radiodensity With Morbidity and Mortality for Colon Cancer Surgery.

Authors:
Jingjie Xiao Bette J Caan Elizabeth M Cespedes Feliciano Jeffrey A Meyerhardt Peter D Peng Vickie E Baracos Valerie S Lee Sora Ely Rebecca C Gologorsky Erin Weltzien Candyce H Kroenke Marilyn L Kwan Stacey E Alexeeff Adrienne L Castillo Carla M Prado

JAMA Surg 2020 Oct;155(10):942-949

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

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October 2020

Thigh Ultrasound Used to Identify Frail Elderly Patients with Sarcopenia Undergoing Surgery: A Pilot Study.

Authors:
Saad Y Salim Omar Al-Khathiri Puneeta Tandon Vickie E Baracos Thomas A Churchill Lindsey M Warkentin Rachel G Khadaroo

J Surg Res 2020 Aug 11;256:422-432. Epub 2020 Aug 11.

Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; The Centre of Excellence for Gastrointestinal Inflammation and Immunity Research, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Electronic address:

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August 2020

Sarcopenia and low muscle radiodensity associate with impaired FEV in allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients.

Authors:
Asmita Mishra Kevin D Bigam Martine Extermann Rawan Faramand Kerry Thomas Joseph A Pidala Vickie E Baracos

J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2020 Dec 29;11(6):1570-1579. Epub 2020 Jul 29.

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

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December 2020

Review article: prognostic significance of body composition abnormalities in patients with cirrhosis.

Authors:
Maryam Ebadi Rahima A Bhanji Puneeta Tandon Vera Mazurak Vickie E Baracos Aldo J Montano-Loza

Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2020 08 3;52(4):600-618. Epub 2020 Jul 3.

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

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August 2020

Frequency, Timing, and Predictors of Palliative Care Consultation in Patients with Advanced Cancer at a Tertiary Cancer Center: Secondary Analysis of Routinely Collected Health Data.

Authors:
Sharon M Watanabe Viane Faily Asifa Mawani Ann Huot Yoko Tarumi Alexei Potapov Konrad Fassbender Alysa Fairchild Anil A Joy Karen M King Wilson Roa Christopher P Venner Vickie E Baracos

Oncologist 2020 Aug 9;25(8):722-728. Epub 2020 Jun 9.

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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August 2020

Management of Cancer Cachexia: ASCO Guideline.

Authors:
Eric J Roeland Kari Bohlke Vickie E Baracos Eduardo Bruera Egidio Del Fabbro Suzanne Dixon Marie Fallon Jørn Herrstedt Harold Lau Mary Platek Hope S Rugo Hester H Schnipper Thomas J Smith Winston Tan Charles L Loprinzi

J Clin Oncol 2020 Jul 20;38(21):2438-2453. Epub 2020 May 20.

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

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July 2020

Evaluation of automated computed tomography segmentation to assess body composition and mortality associations in cancer patients.

Authors:
Elizabeth M Cespedes Feliciano Karteek Popuri Dana Cobzas Vickie E Baracos Mirza Faisal Beg Arafat Dad Khan Cydney Ma Vincent Chow Carla M Prado Jingjie Xiao Vincent Liu Wendy Y Chen Jeffrey Meyerhardt Kathleen B Albers Bette J Caan

J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2020 Oct 20;11(5):1258-1269. Epub 2020 Apr 20.

Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA.

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October 2020

Concurrent losses of skeletal muscle mass, adipose tissue and bone mineral density during bevacizumab / cytotoxic chemotherapy treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer.

Authors:
Adeline Dolly Thierry Lecomte Olivier Bouché Christophe Borg Eric Terrebonne Jean-Yves Douillard Romain Chautard William Raoul David Ternant Julie Leger Aurore Bleuzen Jean-François Dumas Stéphane Servais Vickie E Baracos

Clin Nutr 2020 Nov 22;39(11):3319-3330. Epub 2020 Feb 22.

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

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November 2020

Visceral Adipose Tissue Radiodensity Is Linked to Prognosis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients Treated with Selective Internal Radiation Therapy.

Authors:
Maryam Ebadi Carlos Moctezuma-Velazquez Judith Meza-Junco Vickie E Baracos Abha R DunichandHoedl Sunita Ghosh Philippe Sarlieve Richard J Owen Norman Kneteman Aldo J Montano-Loza

Cancers (Basel) 2020 Feb 4;12(2). Epub 2020 Feb 4.

Division of Gastroenterology & Liver Unit, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2X8, Canada.

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February 2020

Lipid is heterogeneously distributed in muscle and associates with low radiodensity in cancer patients.

Authors:
Amritpal S Bhullar Ana Anoveros-Barrera Abha Dunichand-Hoedl Karen Martins David Bigam Rachel G Khadaroo Todd McMullen Oliver F Bathe Charles T Putman Michael T Clandinin Vickie E Baracos Vera C Mazurak

J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2020 06 27;11(3):735-747. Epub 2020 Jan 27.

Department of Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, 4-002 Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Research Innovation, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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June 2020

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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November 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 10 15;10(5):956-961. Epub 2019 Sep 15.

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

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October 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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September 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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September 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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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 12 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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December 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 10 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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October 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 2020 8;72(3):431-438. Epub 2019 Jul 8.

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

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December 2020

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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October 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 07 9;75:47-55. Epub 2019 May 9.

School of Engineering Science, Simon Fraser University, Canada.

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July 2019

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 12 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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December 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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September 2020

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 2020 02 22;44(2):227-238. Epub 2019 Apr 22.

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

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February 2020

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 2020 Mar 4;39(3):901-909. 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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March 2020

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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April 2019

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 01 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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January 2020

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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March 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 2020 02 22;39(2):501-509. Epub 2019 Feb 22.

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

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February 2020

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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May 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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January 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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April 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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February 2019

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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March 2018

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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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 07 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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July 2019

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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September 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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October 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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September 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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August 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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September 2018

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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November 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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August 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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April 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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May 2018

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

Authors:
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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April 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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January 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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March 2018

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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October 2017

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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April 2018

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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August 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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October 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

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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October 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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June 2017

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

Authors:
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

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

Authors:
Vickie E Baracos

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

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

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February 2017

Ken Fearon.

Authors:
Richard J E Skipworth Nathan A Stephens Neil Johns Denis C Guttridge Michael J Tisdale Vickie E Baracos David J Glass

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

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

Authors:
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

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

Authors:
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

Cancer Cachexia: Beyond Weight Loss.

Authors:
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

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

Authors:
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

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

Authors:
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

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

Authors:
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

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

Authors:
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

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

Authors:
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

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

Authors:
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

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

Authors:
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

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

Authors:
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

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

Authors:
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

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

Authors:
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

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.

Authors:
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

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

Authors:
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

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

Authors:
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

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

Authors:
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

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.

Authors:
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

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

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

Authors:
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

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

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

Authors:
Ammar Hassanzadeh Keshteli Vickie E Baracos Karen L Madsen

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

Skeletal muscle anabolism in patients with advanced cancer.

Authors:
Vickie E Baracos

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

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

Authors:
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

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

Authors:
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

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

Authors:
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

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

Authors:
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

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

Authors:
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

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

Authors:
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

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

Authors:
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

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

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

Authors:
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

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

Authors:
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

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

Authors:
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

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

Authors:
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

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

Authors:
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

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

Authors:
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

Sarcopenia and physical function in overweight patients with advanced cancer.

Authors:
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

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

Authors:
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

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.

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

J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2013 Jun 29;98(6):2401-8. Epub 2013 Mar 29.

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

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June 2013