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Relation between sarcopenia and dose-limiting toxicity in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer who received regorafenib.

Ali GökyerA KüçükardaO KöstekM B HacıoğluB S SunalN C DemircanS UzunoğluS SolakK İşseverI ÇiçinB Erdoğan
Published in: Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico (2019)
Dose-limiting toxicity was significantly higher in basally sarcopenic patients who were started regorafenib as treatment of metastatic colorectal carcinoma. There was no significant relationship between overall survival and progression-free survival with sarcopenia.
Keyphrases
  • metastatic colorectal cancer
  • free survival
  • skeletal muscle
  • oxidative stress
  • squamous cell carcinoma
  • small cell lung cancer
  • community dwelling
  • smoking cessation