Skeletal muscle mass correlates with increased toxicity during neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy in locally advanced esophageal cancer: A SAKK 75/08 substudy

Skeletal muscle mass correlates with increased toxicity during neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy in locally advanced esophageal cancer: A SAKK 75/08 substudy

Abstract Background Sarcopenia, the critical depletion of skeletal muscle mass, is an independent prognostic factor in several tumor entities for treatment-related toxicity and survival. In esophageal cancer, there have been conflicting results regarding the value of sarcopenia as prognostic factor,...

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Main Authors: Cédric M. Panje, Laura Höng, Stefanie Hayoz, Vickie E. Baracos, Evelyn Herrmann, Helena Garcia Schüler, Urs R. Meier, Guido Henke, Sabina Schacher, Hanne Hawle, Marie-Aline Gérard, Thomas Ruhstaller, Ludwig Plasswilm, for the Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-09-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
Sarcopenia
Esophageal cancer
Resectable
Locally advanced
Radiotherapy
Radiochemotherapy
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-019-1372-3

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