Correlation between the international consensus definition of the cancer anorexia cachexia syndrome (CACS) and patient outcomes in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

e19042 Background: CACS is a problematic clinical syndrome, difficult to objectively define. A consensus-derived, weight-based definition has been proposed. An observational study was analyzed to explore this definition’s utility in a cohort of patients with advanced NSCLC. Methods: Patients with stage IIIB or IV NSCLC completed up to four study visits over a 6 month period. Using the weight-based CACS definition (weight loss >5%, or weight loss...