Clinical significance of skeletal muscle density and sarcopenia in patients with pancreatic cancer undergoing first-line chemotherapy: a retrospective observational study
Abstract Background To investigate the clinical impact of sarcopenia and skeletal muscle density (SMD) among patients with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma who underwent palliative first line gemcitabine-based chemotherapy. Methods A total of 330 patients treated with first line gemcitabine-base...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-01-01
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| Series: | BMC Cancer |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-020-07753-w |