Sarcopenia is a prognostic factor for overall survival in elderly patients with head-and-neck cancer

OBJECTIVES: Sarcopenia is known as a geriatric syndrome associated with increased disability and decreased survival in elderly patients. In oncological patients, pretreatment low skeletal muscle mass (SMM), sometimes referred to as sarcopenia, is an emerging negative prognostic factor. Commonly, onl...

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Autores principales: Chargi, N., Bril, S. I., Emmelot-Vonk, M. H., de Bree, R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2019
Materias:
Head & Neck
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6458984/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30830300
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00405-019-05361-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6458984/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30830300
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00405-019-05361-4

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