Skeletal Muscle Depletion Predicts the Prognosis of Patients with Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Undergoing Palliative Chemotherapy, Independent of Body Mass Index

INTRODUCTION: Body composition has emerged as a prognostic factor in cancer patients. We investigated whether sarcopenia at diagnosis and loss of skeletal muscle during palliative chemotherapy were associated with survival in patients with pancreatic cancer. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the...

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Autores principales: Choi, Younak, Oh, Do-Youn, Kim, Tae-Yong, Lee, Kyung-Hun, Han, Sae-Won, Im, Seock-Ah, Kim, Tae-You, Bang, Yung-Jue
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/PMC4593598/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26437072
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139749

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4593598/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26437072
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139749

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