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Low skeletal muscle radiation attenuation and visceral adiposity are associated with overall survival and surgical site infections in patients with pancreatic cancer

BACKGROUND: Cancer cachexia and skeletal muscle wasting are related to poor survival. In this study, quantitative body composition measurements using computed tomography (CT) were investigated in relation to survival, post‐operative complications, and surgical site infections in surgical patients wi...

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Autores principales: van Dijk, David P. J., Bakens, Maikel J. A. M., Coolsen, Mariëlle M. E., Rensen, Sander S., van Dam, Ronald M., Bours, Martijn J. L., Weijenberg, Matty P., Dejong, Cornelis H. C., Olde Damink, Steven W. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5377384/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27897432
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12155