The importance of body composition assessment for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma by bioelectrical impedance analysis in lenvatinib treatment.

Kenji YamaokaKenichiro KodamaTomokazu KawaokaMasanari KosakaYusuke JohiraYuki ShiraneRyoichi MiuraShigeki YanoSerami MurakamiKei AmiokaKensuke NarutoYuwa AndoYumi KosakaShinsuke UchikawaKazuaki ChayamaHatsue FujinoTakashi NakaharaEisuke MurakamiWataru OkamotoMasami YamauchiDaiki MikiMichio ImamuraShoichi TakahashiAkiko NagaoKazuaki ChayamaHiroshi Aikata

Published in: PloS one (2022)

Body composition assessment by BIA before and after lenvatinib treatment is useful in predicting prognosis in lenvatinib-treated patients with HCC.

Keyphrases

body composition
resistance training
bone mineral density
magnetic resonance imaging
combination therapy
high intensity