Multimodal Prevention Strategies for Cancer Cachexia

Cachexia is one of the most common complications in patients with malignant tumors. The occurrence and development of cancer cachexia can be diagnosed and prevented at an early stage, so prevention should be given as soon as possible to at-risk patients diagnosed with a malignant tumor. Multi-level and individualized measures should be taken based on the development of the tumor and the patient’s nutritional status. Cachexia should be prevented using a four-dimensional prevention strategy, that is, Pharmaceuticals-Exercise-Nutrition-Psychotherapy(PENP). With the development of precise medical science, metabonomics-based methods should be used to explore the development of molecular markers to predict the risk of cachexia, and to provide the basis for early prevention.