Sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity: do they predict inferior oncologic outcomes after gastrointestinal cancer surgery?
Abstract Sarcopenia, or loss of skeletal muscle mass and quality, has been studied as part of aging and adverse health outcomes in elderly patients but has only recently been evaluated as a separate condition in cancer patients and important indicator of adverse outcomes. Currently, its definition a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2016-10-01
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| Series: | Perioperative Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13741-016-0052-1 |