Skeletal muscle mass correlates with increased toxicity during neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy in locally advanced esophageal cancer: A SAKK 75/08 substudy

BACKGROUND: Sarcopenia, the critical depletion of skeletal muscle mass, is an independent prognostic factor in several tumor entities for treatment-related toxicity and survival. In esophageal cancer, there have been conflicting results regarding the value of sarcopenia as prognostic factor, which m...

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Autores principales: Panje, Cédric M., Höng, Laura, Hayoz, Stefanie, Baracos, Vickie E., Herrmann, Evelyn, Garcia Schüler, Helena, Meier, Urs R., Henke, Guido, Schacher, Sabina, Hawle, Hanne, Gérard, Marie-Aline, Ruhstaller, Thomas, Plasswilm, Ludwig
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6739918/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31511012
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13014-019-1372-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6739918/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31511012
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13014-019-1372-3

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