Association of sarcopenia with severe chemotherapy toxicities and survival in patients with advanced gastric cancer.

Wendy Wing-Lok ChanHo-Kwan Bryan YunEmina Edith CheungMichelle LiuLi-Yu HouKa-On LamIan Yu-Hong WongWan-Hang Keith ChiuSimon LawDora Kwong

Published in: The oncologist (2024)

Using pre-chemotherapy SMI cutoff (≤33 cm2/m2 for males and 28 cm2/m2 for females) one can identify individuals with a higher risk of severe chemotherapy toxicities and worse prognosis.

Keyphrases

locally advanced
early onset
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
chemotherapy induced
radiation therapy
drug induced
lymph node