Muscle Loss in Cancer

By Professor Carla Prado,
Director, Human Nutrition Research Unit
University of Alberta, Canada

One of the primary nutrition problems that patients with cancer experience, is the loss of muscle mass. The loss of muscle mass in cancer has unique characteristics, as Professor Carla Prado explains in this video.

Muscle loss is like a wildfire

By Professor Carla Prado,
Director, Human Nutrition Research Unit
University of Alberta, Canada

Professor Carla Prado explains her analogy of muscle loss being like a wildfire. It can be lost very quickly and take a significant amount of time to rebuild, making it crucial to PREVENT loss.

Impact of muscle loss on cancer clinical outcomes

By Professor Carla Prado,
Director, Human Nutrition Research Unit
University of Alberta, Canada

When we lose muscle, our immune system is compromised directly affecting, not only cancer therapy, but any other disease therapy.

HMB Evidence in Cancer

By Professor Carla Prado,
Director, Human Nutrition Research Unit
University of Alberta, Canada

Professor Carla Prado explains studies that look at HMB supplementation in a variety of oncology settings.
In a systematic review of 15 studies, involving 943 adults with cancer, ONS with HMB^{^} were shown to have a positive effect on:

• Muscle mass preservation^*
• Muscle function^**
• Hospitalisation
• Cancer-therapy-related toxicity
• Tumour response
• Survival rate