The role of sarcopenia in patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: Prognostic marker or hyped parameter?

Felix HahnLukas MüllerFabian StöhrAline Mähringer-KunzSebastian SchottenChristoph DüberFabian BartschHauke LangPeter Robert GalleArndt WeinmannRoman Klöckner

Published in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2019)

Psoas muscle index strongly predicted OS in univariate analysis. However, addition of established risk factors eliminated its predictive value among resected patients. Thus, when resection is deemed oncologically reasonable, patients should not be excluded from surgery because of sarcopenia alone.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
risk factors
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
skeletal muscle
prognostic factors
minimally invasive
coronary artery disease
patient reported outcomes
patient reported