Muscle‐specific functional deficits and lifelong fibrosis in response to paediatric radiotherapy and tumour elimination

Abstract Background As paediatric cancer survivors are living into adulthood, they suffer from the age‐related, accelerated decline of functional skeletal muscle tissue, termed sarcopenia. With ionizing radiation (radiotherapy) at the core of paediatric cancer therapies, its direct and indirect effe...

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Main Authors: Jacob G. Kallenbach, John F. Bachman, Nicole D. Paris, Roméo S. Blanc, Thomas O'Connor, Esraa Furati, Eric Hernady, Carl J. Johnston, Jacqueline P. Williams, Joe V. Chakkalakal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-02-01
Series:Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12902

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