Prognostic role of body composition parameters in gastric/gastroesophageal junction cancer patients from the EXPAND trial

Prognostic role of body composition parameters in gastric/gastroesophageal junction cancer patients from the EXPAND trial

Abstract Background Body fat and/or muscle composition influences prognosis in several cancer types. For advanced gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancer, we investigated which body composition parameters carry prognostic information beyond well‐established clinical parameters using robust mode...

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Main Authors: Ulrich T. Hacker, Dirk Hasenclever, Nicolas Linder, Gertraud Stocker, Hyun‐Cheol Chung, Yoon‐Koo Kang, Markus Moehler, Harald Busse, Florian Lordick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-02-01
Series:Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle
Subjects:
Sarcopenia
Computed tomography
Mean muscle attenuation
Smooth muscle index
Gastric cancer
Gastroesophageal junction cancer
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12484

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https://doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12484

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