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The relationship between sarcopenia and survival at 1 year in patients having elective colorectal cancer surgery

BACKGROUND: Colorectal cancer remains a common cause of cancer death in the UK, with surgery being the mainstay of treatment. An objective measurement of the suitability of each patient for surgery, and their risk–benefit calculation, would be of great utility. We postulate that sarcopenia (low musc...

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Autores principales: Dolan, D. R., Knight, K. A., Maguire, S., Moug, S. J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6791904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31486988
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10151-019-02072-0