Low skeletal muscle mass predicts frailty in elderly head and neck cancer patients

PURPOSE: Treatment of head and neck cancer (HNC) carries a high risk of adverse outcomes in patients, especially in frail elderly. Therefore, it is important to identify patients in which treatment benefits outweigh the risk of any adverse outcome. Although the comprehensive geriatric assessment (CG...

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Autores principales: Meerkerk, C. D. A., Chargi, N., de Jong, P. A., van den Bos, F., de Bree, R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021
Materias:
Head and Neck
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8794912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33956205
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00405-021-06835-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8794912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33956205
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00405-021-06835-0

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