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Association between body composition, survival, and toxicity in advanced esophagogastric cancer patients receiving palliative chemotherapy.

Willemieke P M DijksterhuisMaarten J PruijtStephanie O van der WoudeRemy KlaassenSophie A KurkMartijn G H van OijenHanneke W M van Laarhoven
Published in: Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle (2019)
Sarcopenia was not associated with survival or treatment-related toxicity in advanced esophagogastric cancer patients treated with CapOx. Pre-treatment sarcopenic obesity was independently associated with the occurrence of grade 2-4 neurotoxicity and skeletal muscle density with grade 3-4 toxicity.
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