Rapid decline in visceral adipose tissue over 1 month is associated with poor prognosis in patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer.
Oki NakanoHirokazu KawaiTakamasa KobayashiJunji KohisaSatoshi IkarashiKazunao HayashiJunji YokoyamaShuji TeraiPublished in: Cancer medicine (2021)
Rapid decline in VAT over 1 month is closely associated with poorer survival in unresectable advanced pancreatic cancer. A short-term assessment of body composition changes may be a rational approach to predict prognosis in these patients.
Keyphrases
- body composition
- poor prognosis
- adipose tissue
- long non coding rna
- end stage renal disease
- resistance training
- insulin resistance
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- bone mineral density
- locally advanced
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- radiation therapy
- patient reported outcomes
- squamous cell carcinoma
- quantum dots
- skeletal muscle
- high intensity