Depletion of Psoas Muscle Mass after Systemic Chemotherapy Is Associated with Poor Prognosis in Patients with Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer

SIMPLE SUMMARY: The psoas muscle mass index (PMI) is a simplified tool used in the quantification of skeletal muscle. The aim of our study was to investigate whether the PMI at diagnosis or its decrease during chemotherapy can influence the prognosis of unresectable pancreatic cancer. The median ove...

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Autores principales: Iwai, Naoto, Okuda, Takashi, Oka, Kohei, Sakagami, Junichi, Harada, Taishi, Ohara, Tomoya, Hattori, Chie, Taniguchi, Masashi, Sakai, Hiroaki, Hara, Tasuku, Tsuji, Toshifumi, Komaki, Toshiyuki, Kagawa, Keizo, Dohi, Osamu, Yasuda, Hiroaki, Itoh, Yoshito
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8345635/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34359761
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers13153860

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8345635/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34359761
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers13153860

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