The Prognostic Role of Early Skeletal Muscle Mass Depletion in Multimodality Management of Patients with Advanced Gastric Cancer Treated with First Line Chemotherapy: A Pilot Experience from Modena Cancer Center

The Prognostic Role of Early Skeletal Muscle Mass Depletion in Multimodality Management of Patients with Advanced Gastric Cancer Treated with First Line Chemotherapy: A Pilot Experience from Modena Cancer Center

Background: Few data about the link between nutritional status and survival are available in the metastatic gastric cancer (GC) setting. The aim of this work was to evaluate the prognostic role of tissue modifications during treatment and the benefit of a scheduled nutritional assessment in this set...

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Main Authors: Margherita Rimini, Annarita Pecchi, Francesco Prampolini, Chiara Bussei, Massimiliano Salati, Daniela Forni, Francesca Martelli, Filippo Valoriani, Fabio Canino, Alessandro Bocconi, Fabio Gelsomino, Linda Reverberi, Stefania Benatti, Federico Piacentini, Renata Menozzi, Massimo Dominici, Gabriele Luppi, Andrea Spallanzani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-04-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
gastric cancer
sarcopenia
nutritional status
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/8/1705

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