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Validation of Skeletal Muscle Volume as a Nutritional Assessment in Patients With Gastric or Colorectal Cancer Before Radical Surgery

BACKGROUND: Recently, some studies have reported the importance of sarcopenia as a prognostic factor in patients with gastrointestinal cancer who have undergone surgery. We aimed to examine skeletal muscle volume for use in nutritional assessment of preoperative patients, and to compare the results...

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Autores principales: Endo, Takayuki, Momoki, Chika, Yamaoka, Minori, Hachino, Saki, Iwatani, Satoshi, Kiyota, Seiji, Tanaka, Hiromu, Habu, Daiki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5593432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28912921
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jocmr3129w