Skeletal muscle loss is an independent negative prognostic factor in patients with advanced lower rectal cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy

BACKGROUND: The impact of body composition on the short- or long-term outcomes of patients with surgically treated advanced rectal cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy remains unclear. This study examined the correlation between low skeletal muscle mass and morbidity and survival in patients w...

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Autores principales: Takeda, Yasuhiro, Akiyoshi, Takashi, Matsueda, Kiyoshi, Fukuoka, Hironori, Ogura, Atsushi, Miki, Hisanori, Hiyoshi, Yukiharu, Nagasaki, Toshiya, Konishi, Tsuyoshi, Fujimoto, Yoshiya, Fukunaga, Yosuke, Ueno, Masashi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5890989/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29630652
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195406

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5890989/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29630652
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195406

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