Loss of Skeletal Muscle Mass During Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Predicts Postoperative Mortality in Esophageal Cancer Surgery

BACKGROUND: Esophageal surgery is associated with complications and mortality. It is highly important to develop tools predicting unfavorable postoperative outcome. Esophageal cancer and neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) induce skeletal muscle wasting, which leads to diminished physiologic reserve...

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Autores principales: Reisinger, Kostan W., Bosmans, Joanna W. A. M., Uittenbogaart, Martine, Alsoumali, Abdulaziz, Poeze, Martijn, Sosef, Meindert N., Derikx, Joep P. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2015
Materias:
Thoracic Oncology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4644199/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25893413
http://dx.doi.org/10.1245/s10434-015-4558-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4644199/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25893413
http://dx.doi.org/10.1245/s10434-015-4558-4

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