Body Composition as a Comorbidity-Independent Predictor of Survival following Nephroureterectomy for Urothelial Cancer of the Upper Urinary Tract

Body Composition as a Comorbidity-Independent Predictor of Survival following Nephroureterectomy for Urothelial Cancer of the Upper Urinary Tract

Radical nephroureterectomy (NUE) is the gold standard treatment for high-risk urothelial cancer of the upper urinary tract (UTUC). Besides sarcopenia and frailty, fat distribution is moving increasingly into focus. Components of body composition were assessed in patients undergoing NUE due to UTUC....

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Main Authors: Christoph Pickl, Simon Engelmann, Florian Girtner, Miodrag Gužvić, Bas W. G. van Rhijn, Valerie Hartmann, Sonja Holbach, Sebastian Kälble, Maximilian Haas, Bernd Rosenhammer, Johannes Breyer, Maximilian Burger, Roman Mayr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-01-01
Series:Cancers
Subjects:
sarcopenia
fat distribution
prognosis
skeletal muscle
urothelial neoplasm
transitional cell carcinoma
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/2/450

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