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CT‐measured skeletal muscle mass used to assess frailty in patients with head and neck cancer

BACKGROUND: Skeletal muscle depletion or sarcopenia is related to multiple adverse clinical outcome. However, frailty questionnaires are currently applied in the daily practice to identify patients who are potentially (un)suitable for treatment but are time consuming and straining for patients and t...

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Autores principales: Zwart, Aniek T., van der Hoorn, Anouk, van Ooijen, Peter M.A., Steenbakkers, Roel J.H.M., de Bock, Geertruida H., Halmos, Gyorgy B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6818448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31134765
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12443