A testosterone therapy can help prevent loss of body mass in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, and help improve their quality of life.
Many cancer patients suffer from a loss of body mass known as cachexia.
Approximately 20 per cent of cancer related deaths are attributed to the syndrome of cachexia, which in cancer patients is often characterised by a rapid or severe loss of fat and skeletal muscle.
Melinda Sheffield-Moore, a professor at University of Texas in the US showed that the hormone testosterone is effective at combatting cachexia in cancer patients