Can pancreatic cancer behavior be predicted based on computed tomography measurements of fat and muscle mass?

Many studies purport that obesity, and specifically visceral fat, impact survival after pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma. However, these studies involve crude measures of obesity [eg, body mass index (BMI)] or visceral fat [eg, linear measurements on computed tomographic (CT) sc...

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Autores principales: Clark, Whalen, Swaid, Forat, Luberice, Kenneth, Bowman, Ty A., Downs, Darrell, Ross, Sharona B., Rosemurgy, Alexander S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2016
Materias:
Case Series
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5673111/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29177207
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/IJ9.0000000000000004

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5673111/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29177207
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/IJ9.0000000000000004

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