Chemotherapy-induced sarcopenia in newly diagnosed cancer patients: Izmir Oncology Group (IZOG) study.

Utku OflazogluAhmet AlacaciogluUmut VarolYuksel KucukzeybekTarik SalmanHalil TaskaynatanYasar YildizSeray SarayM Oktay Tarhan

Published in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2019)

The incidence of sarcopenia was found to be increased with chemotherapy itself and its duration in both non-metastatic and metastatic cancer patients which has to be evaluated in detail in disease-specific prospective and randomized studies.

Keyphrases

chemotherapy induced
newly diagnosed
squamous cell carcinoma
small cell lung cancer
skeletal muscle
double blind
palliative care
open label
risk factors
locally advanced
community dwelling
phase iii
clinical trial
placebo controlled
randomized controlled trial
radiation therapy
phase ii