The IMPACT study: early loss of skeletal muscle mass in advanced pancreatic cancer patients

BACKGROUND: Pancreatic cancer (PC) patients have multiple risk factors for sarcopenia and loss of skeletal muscle mass (LSMM), which may cause greater treatment toxicities, reduced response to cancer therapy, prolonged hospitalization, impaired quality of life, and worse prognosis. METHODS: This is...

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Published in:J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle
Main Authors: Basile, Debora, Parnofiello, Annamaria, Vitale, Maria Grazia, Cortiula, Francesco, Gerratana, Lorenzo, Fanotto, Valentina, Lisanti, Camilla, Pelizzari, Giacomo, Ongaro, Elena, Bartoletti, Michele, Garattini, Silvio Ken, Andreotti, Victoria Josephine, Bacco, Anna, Iacono, Donatella, Bonotto, Marta, Casagrande, Mariaelena, Ermacora, Paola, Puglisi, Fabio, Pella, Nicoletta, Fasola, Gianpiero, Aprile, Giuseppe, Cardellino, Giovanni G.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6463465/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30719874
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12368
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