Sarcopenia Is a Condition With Increasing Importance in Medical Oncology

A recent study reported that routinely screening for sarcopenia and nutritional status was helpful in determining toxicity and treatment in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Although a decrease in muscle mass was detected in 68.8% of the participants, it is not evident what proportion the pa...

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Autores principales: Cintosun, Umit, Altun, Battal, Tasci, Ilker
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AlphaMed Press 2016
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Letters to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4746095/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26768481
http://dx.doi.org/10.1634/theoncologist.2015-0431
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description A recent study reported that routinely screening for sarcopenia and nutritional status was helpful in determining toxicity and treatment in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Although a decrease in muscle mass was detected in 68.8% of the participants, it is not evident what proportion the patients had true sarcopenia. Clarification of these issues may be relevant to the study results.
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spelling pubmed-47460952016-02-17 Sarcopenia Is a Condition With Increasing Importance in Medical Oncology Cintosun, Umit Altun, Battal Tasci, Ilker Oncologist Letters to the Editor A recent study reported that routinely screening for sarcopenia and nutritional status was helpful in determining toxicity and treatment in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Although a decrease in muscle mass was detected in 68.8% of the participants, it is not evident what proportion the patients had true sarcopenia. Clarification of these issues may be relevant to the study results. AlphaMed Press 2016-02 /pmc/articles/PMC4746095/ /pubmed/26768481 http://dx.doi.org/10.1634/theoncologist.2015-0431 Text en ©AlphaMed Press
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