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Impact of Change in Body Composition during Follow-Up on the Survival of GEP-NET.

Fernando Sebastian-VallesNuria Sánchez de la Blanca CarreroVictor Rodriguez-LavalRebeca Martinez-HernándezAna Serrano-SomavillaCarolina Knott-TorcalJosé Luis Muñoz-De-NovaElena Martín-PérezMónica MarazuelaMiguel Antonio Sampedro-Nuñez
Published in: Cancers (2022)
Although body composition measures obtained by CT at diagnosis did not impact survival of GEP-NET patients, a loss of good quality muscle during follow-up was associated with an increased overall and tumor-related mortality. Nutritional status should therefore be supervised by nutrition specialists and an increase in good quality muscle could improve prognosis.
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