Impact of sarcopenia in borderline resectable and locally advanced pancreatic cancer patients receiving stereotactic body radiation therapy

BACKGROUND: Total psoas area (TPA), a marker of sarcopenia, has been used as an independent predictor of clinical outcomes in gastrointestinal (GI) cancers as a proxy for frailty and nutritional status. Our study aimed to evaluate whether TPA, in contrast to traditional measurements of nutrition lik...

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Veröffentlicht in:J Gastrointest Oncol
Hauptverfasser: Jin, William H., Mellon, Eric A., Frakes, Jessica M., Murimwa, Gilbert Z., Hodul, Pamela J., Pimiento, Jose M., Malafa, Mokenge P., Hoffe, Sarah E.
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: AME Publishing Company 2018
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5848029/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29564168
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.21037/jgo.2017.09.13
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