Negative Impact of Skeletal Muscle Loss after Systemic Chemotherapy in Patients with Unresectable Colorectal Cancer

BACKGROUND: Skeletal muscle depletion (sarcopenia) is closely associated with limited physical ability and high mortality. This study evaluated the prognostic significance of skeletal muscle status before and after chemotherapy in patients with unresectable colorectal cancer (CRC). METHODS: We condu...

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Autores principales: Miyamoto, Yuji, Baba, Yoshifumi, Sakamoto, Yasuo, Ohuchi, Mayuko, Tokunaga, Ryuma, Kurashige, Junji, Hiyoshi, Yukiharu, Iwagami, Shiro, Yoshida, Naoya, Watanabe, Masayuki, Baba, Hideo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4466562/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26069972
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129742

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4466562/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26069972
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129742

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