Identification of Preoperative Fat-Free Mass Index for the Prognosis of Curatively Resected Esophageal Cancer.

Akikazu YagoYu OhkuraMasaki UenoKentoku FujisawaYusuke OgawaHayato ShimoyamaMasayuki UrabeShusuke HarutaHarushi Udagawa

Published in: World journal of surgery (2022)

The low FFMI was not predictive of postoperative complications but an independent prognostic factor in esophageal cancer with curative resection, having no correlation with other biomarkers. Our cutoff FFMI values could be useful in selecting the target for muscle improvement programs.

Keyphrases

prognostic factors
adipose tissue
public health
skeletal muscle
patients undergoing
fatty acid