Higher Muscle Strength Is Associated with Prolonged Survival in Older Patients with Advanced Cancer

BACKGROUND. Identifying predictors of treatment toxicity and overall survival (OS) is important for selecting patients who will benefit from chemotherapy. In younger patients with cancer, muscle mass and radiodensity are associated with treatment toxicity and OS. In this study, we investigated wheth...

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Publicado no:Oncologist
Main Authors: Versteeg, Kathelijn Sophie, Blauwhoff‐Buskermolen, Susanne, Buffart, Laurien M., de van der Schueren, Marian A.E., Langius, Jacqueline A.E., Verheul, Henk M.W., Maier, Andrea B., Konings, Inge R.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: AlphaMed Press 2017
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Geriatric Oncology
Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5947445/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29222198
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1634/theoncologist.2017-0193
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