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Sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity are independent adverse prognostic factors in resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

BACKGROUND: Incidence and mortality of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) are on the rise. Sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity have proven to be prognostic factors in different types of cancers. In the context of previous findings, we evaluated the impact of body composition in patients undergoin...

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Autores principales: Gruber, Elisabeth S., Jomrich, Gerd, Tamandl, Dietmar, Gnant, Michael, Schindl, Martin, Sahora, Klaus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6502449/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31059520
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215915