prevent the digestion of food and absorption of nutrients
The tumor also can cause blockage of the digestive system
Cachexia and infection
One of the symptoms most commonly associated with the late stages of malignancy is termed “cachexia” – wasted and weak
results from starvation and weakness
Cachexia and infection
The immediate cause of death = infection, even with massive antibiotic therapy
saprophytic organism(organisms that grow on deadorganicmatter)that normally live in the mouth/ nose --> invade the patient --> cause pneumonia, septicemia (blood infection), and death
Tumor = underlying cause
Infection = Immediate cause of death (terminal cancer)
