Consensus review of optimal perioperative care in colorectal surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Group recommendations

…, C Spies, MF von Meyenfeldt, KCH Fearon… - Archives of …, 2009 - jamanetwork.com
Objectives To describe a consensus review of optimal perioperative care in colorectal surgery
and to provide consensus recommendations for each item of an evidence-based protocol …

[PDF][PDF] Cancer cachexia: mediators, signaling, and metabolic pathways

KCH Fearon, DJ Glass, DC Guttridge - Cell metabolism, 2012 - cell.com
Cancer cachexia is characterized by a significant reduction in body weight resulting
predominantly from loss of adipose tissue and skeletal muscle. Cachexia causes reduced cancer …

Cancer-associated cachexia

…, L Martin, M Korc, DC Guttridge, KCH Fearon - Nature reviews Disease …, 2018 - nature.com
… It is with sadness that we learned of the passing of Professor Kenneth Fearon on 3
September 2016. Ken's research spanned every aspect of cancer-associated cachexia, from …

The enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) pathway for patients undergoing major elective open colorectal surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

KK Varadhan, KR Neal, CHC Dejong, KCH Fearon… - Clinical nutrition, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND & AIMS: The aim of the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) pathway
is to attenuate the stress response to surgery and enable rapid recovery. The objective of …

Guidelines for perioperative care for pancreaticoduodenectomy: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society recommendations

…, M Schäfer, RW Parks, KCH Fearon… - Clinical nutrition, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Protocols for enhanced recovery provide comprehensive and
evidence-based guidelines for best perioperative care. Protocol implementation may reduce …

Sarcopenia in an overweight or obese patient is an adverse prognostic factor in pancreatic cancer

…, LA Birdsell, L Martin, VE Baracos, KCH Fearon - Clinical cancer …, 2009 - AACR
Purpose: The average weight-losing pancreatic cancer patient undergoing palliative therapy
is frequently overweight rather than underweight, and this can confound conventional …

Cytokines, the acute-phase response, and resting energy expenditure in cachectic patients with pancreatic cancer

JS Falconer, KCH Fearon, CE Plester, JA Ross… - Annals of …, 1994 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To determine whether resting energy expenditure (REE) is increased in cachectic
patients with pancreatic cancer and to define the relation of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and …

The effect of polyunsaturated fatty acids on the progress of cachexia in patients with pancreatic cancer

…, CE Plester, MJ Tisdale, DC Carter, KC Fearon - Nutrition, 1996 - Elsevier
Cachexia is common in patients with pancreatic cancer and has been associated with persistent
activation of the hepatic acute phase response and increased energy expenditure. Fatty …

Acute‐phase protein response and survival duration of patients with pancreatic cancer

JS Falconer, KCH Fearon, JA Ross, R Elton… - Cancer, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Current methods to predict survival duration of patients with pancreatic cancer
are limited. The aim of this study was to determine whether certain nutritional indices and the …

Cachexia: prevalence and impact in medicine

BHL Tan, KCH Fearon - Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
… Correspondence to Kenneth CH Fearon, University of Edinburgh, Clinical and Surgical
Sciences (Surgery), Royal Infirmary, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK Tel …