This review classifies myokines based on their functional characteristics, including metabolic regulation (such as myostatin, interleukin-6), neuroregulation (brain-derived neurotrophic factor), cell proliferation/differentiation regulation (myogenic proteins), immune regulation (tumor necrosis factor- alpha), and factors involved in angiogenesis and extracellular matrix remodeling (such as connective tissue growth factor).Cancer, as a consuming disease, often accompanies muscle atrophy and depletion in its advanced stage, thereby affecting the normal secretion of myokines. Here, BDNF is linked to cancer.