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Visceral Adipose Tissue Assessment Enhances the Prognostic Value of GLIM Criteria in Patients with Gastric Cancer Undergoing Radical Gastrectomy after Neoadjuvant Treatment.

Yingjing ZhangLin JiangPengfei SuTian YuZhiqiang MaWeiming KangYuqin LiuZhengyu JinJian-Chun Yu
Published in: Nutrients (2022)
The addition of VAT assessment using CT improved the predictive value of GLIM-defined malnutrition for NT-related AEs and long-term survival in GC patients treated with NT followed by radical gastrectomy, which further supports the prognostic importance of assessing adipose tissue simultaneously during the routine nutritional assessment in patients with cancer.
Keyphrases
  • adipose tissue
  • insulin resistance
  • high fat diet
  • computed tomography
  • rectal cancer
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • squamous cell carcinoma
  • skeletal muscle
  • mass spectrometry
  • clinical practice
  • contrast enhanced