Clinical impact of postoperative loss in psoas major muscle and nutrition index after radical cystectomy for patients with urothelial carcinoma of the bladder

Abstract Background Although the significance of preoperative nutritional status has been investigated, there is no report regarding the relationship of their postoperative changes on outcomes in patients who underwent radical cystectomy for bladder cancer. Here, we report the clinical impact of the...

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Main Authors: Makito Miyake, Yosuke Morizawa, Shunta Hori, Nagaaki Marugami, Keiji Shimada, Daisuke Gotoh, Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Yasushi Nakai, Takeshi Inoue, Satoshi Anai, Kazumasa Torimoto, Katsuya Aoki, Nobumichi Tanaka, Kiyohide Fujimoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-03-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-017-3231-7