Sarcopenia and Myosteatosis at Presentation Adversely Affect Survival After Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer

BACKGROUND: Esophageal cancer remains a disease with poor survival and many complications. Measuring muscle mass and quality can identify patients with diminished muscle mass (sarcopenia) and muscle fat infiltration (myosteatosis). We studied the impact of sarcopenia and myosteatosis in resectable e...

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Autores principales: Srpcic, Matevz, Jordan, Taja, Popuri, Karteek, Sok, Mihael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sciendo 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7276641/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32229679
http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/raon-2020-0016

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7276641/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32229679
http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/raon-2020-0016

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