Evaluation of sarcopenia, sarcopenic obesity, and phase angle in geriatric gastrointestinal cancer patients: before and after chemotherapy
Derya Hopancı BıçaklıRuksan CehreliAhmet OzverenReci Meseri DalakRüçhan UsluBülent KarabulutSelahattin Fehmi AkcicekPublished in: Turkish journal of medical sciences (2019)
Sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity were prevalent in this group patients. The CT caused a decrease in muscle functions, UMAC, and CC. Patients should be followed up carefully for sarcopenia, sarcopenic obesity, and nutritional aspect and it would be proper to intervene before sarcopenia has not occurred yet.
Keyphrases
- skeletal muscle
- end stage renal disease
- insulin resistance
- metabolic syndrome
- type diabetes
- weight loss
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- weight gain
- magnetic resonance imaging
- adipose tissue
- squamous cell carcinoma
- body mass index
- high resolution
- community dwelling
- physical activity