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Table 2: Proportion of cancer patients with cachexia by cancer type.

Cancer type Cancer patients with cachexia ICD-9 code only Cancer patients with any cachexia ICD-9 code Cancer patients taking prescription medication indicative of cachexia Cancer patients with $\ge$5% weight loss Cancer patients with any one of the cachexia definitions Breast, $n=2112$ 0.8% 3.1% 5.3% 18.6% 24.8% Colorectal, $n=905$ 2.5% 6.1% 6.2% 16.4% 25.5% Esophagus, $n=117$ 12.8% 20.5% 13.7% 16.2% 41.9% Gastric, $n=142$ 8.4% 15.5% 19.0% 19.7% 41.5% Head/neck, $n=246$ 6.1% 17.1% 6.1% 19.9% 37.0% Liver, $n=153$ 3.3% 6.5% 3.9% 17.0% 24.2% Lung, $n=1291$ 6.4% 9.7% 14.2% 15.2% 31.1% Pancreas, $n=221$ 3.6% 7.2% 19.5% 12.7% 34.8% Prostate, $n=3354$ 0.8% 3.2% 2.6% 11.0% 15.1%