Sarcopenia is associated with worse overall survival in patients with anal squamous cell cancer.

Katherine BingmerVictor KondrayAsya OfshteynJonathan T BliggenstorferDavid W DietzRonald CharlesSharon L SteinRaj PaspulatiEmily Steinhagen

Published in: Journal of surgical oncology (2020)

Sarcopenia is associated with worse overall survival in patients with anal cancer. Further studies are indicated to determine if survival can be improved with increased attention to nutritional status in sarcopenic patients.

Keyphrases

squamous cell
papillary thyroid
end stage renal disease
skeletal muscle
free survival
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
high grade
working memory
squamous cell carcinoma
young adults
childhood cancer
case control