Staging of nutrition disorders in non‐small‐cell lung cancer patients: utility of skeletal muscle mass assessment

Abstract Background An international consensus proposed in 2011 a definition and classification system for cachexia (CAX), mainly based on weight loss, sarcopenia [skeletal muscle mass (SMM) loss], inflammation, and anorexia. The aim of this study was to stage CAX in non‐small‐cell lung cancer (NSCL...

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Main Authors: Sami Antoun, Hugues Morel, Pierre‐Jean Souquet, Veerle Surmont, David Planchard, Franck Bonnetain, Pascal Foucher, Thomas Egenod, Ivan Krakowski, Hélène Gaudin, Didier Debieuvre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-08-01
Series:Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12418