Prognostic impact of muscle mass loss in elderly patients with oesophageal cancer receiving neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy.
Jeong Yun JangDongryul OhJae Myoung NohJong-Mu SunHong Kwan KimYoung Mog ShimPublished in: Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle (2024)
EML may be strongly associated with a deteriorated OS in elderly patients undergoing NACRT, followed by surgery for LAEC. The strategies for decreasing muscle loss in these patients should be investigated.
Keyphrases
- patients undergoing
- rectal cancer
- end stage renal disease
- locally advanced
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- minimally invasive
- skeletal muscle
- papillary thyroid
- lymph node
- prognostic factors
- coronary artery bypass
- stem cells
- radiation therapy
- patient reported outcomes
- squamous cell
- mesenchymal stem cells
- community dwelling
- atrial fibrillation
- single molecule
- smoking cessation
- high speed