Skeletal muscle status and survival among patients with advanced biliary tract cancer.
Shinya TakaokaTsuyoshi HamadaNaminatsu TakaharaKei SaitoGo EndoRyunosuke HakutaKota IshidaKazunaga IshigakiSachiko KanaiKohei KuriharaHiroki OyamaTomotaka SaitoTatsuya SatoTatsunori SuzukiYukari SuzukiShuichi TangeYurie TokitoRyosuke TateishiYousuke NakaiMitsuhiro FujishiroPublished in: International journal of clinical oncology (2024)
Skeletal muscle quantity and quality and their serial changes were associated with survival outcomes in patients with advanced biliary tract cancer. Our data highlight the importance of designing nutritional and physical interventions for improvements in skeletal muscle status.