Can sarcopenia predict survival in locally advanced rectal cancer patients?
Richard GartrellJing QiaoNicole KissIan FaragherSteven ChanPaul N BairdJustin M C YeungPublished in: ANZ journal of surgery (2023)
Sarcopenia was found to be an independent risk factor for worse overall survival, but not recurrence free survival, in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer undergoing neo-adjuvant chemo-radiotherapy and surgery with curative intent.
Keyphrases
- locally advanced
- rectal cancer
- free survival
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- phase ii study
- squamous cell carcinoma
- radiation therapy
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- skeletal muscle
- prognostic factors
- newly diagnosed
- early stage
- chronic kidney disease
- coronary artery bypass
- acute coronary syndrome
- photodynamic therapy
- drug delivery
- open label