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Computed Tomographic Sarcopenia in Pancreatic Cancer: Further Utilization to Plan Patient Management.

Mustafa JalalJennifer A CampbellJonathan WadsleyAndrew D Hopper
Published in: Journal of gastrointestinal cancer (2021)
Our study has shown that computed tomographic skeletal muscle analysis at the time of a diagnostic CT for patients with pancreatic cancer is feasible and can detect sarcopenia and malnourished patients who are much less likely to take up chemotherapy. These patients could be triaged to oncology assessment prior to EUS-B to avoid unnecessary investigations.
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