Impact of skeletal muscle mass in patients with unresectable gastric cancer who received palliative first-line chemotherapy based on 5-fluorouracil

Impact of skeletal muscle mass in patients with unresectable gastric cancer who received palliative first-line chemotherapy based on 5-fluorouracil

Abstract Background The mortality rate of patients with unresectable gastric cancer (UGC) has decreased with the development of chemotherapies and surgical techniques. However, the survival rate remains low. We retrospectively examined the prognostic significance of the pretreatment skeletal muscle...

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Main Authors: Tomoyuki Matsunaga, Hiroaki Saito, Wataru Miyauchi, Yuji Shishido, Kozo Miyatani, Masaki Morimoto, Yuki Murakami, Takehiko Hanaki, Kyoichi Kihara, Manabu Yamamoto, Naruo Tokuyasu, Shuichi Takano, Teruhisa Sakamoto, Toshimichi Hasegawa, Yoshiyuki Fujiwara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-11-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Gastric cancer
Chemotherapy
Skeletal muscle mass
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-021-08953-8

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-021-08953-8

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