Handgrip weakness, low fat-free mass, and overall survival in non-small cell lung cancer treated with curative-intent radiotherapy.
Chris BurtinJacques BezuidenhoutKarin J C SandersAnne-Marie C DingemansAnnemie M W J ScholsStephanie T H PeetersMartijn A SpruitDirk K M De RuysscherPublished in: Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle (2020)
In early and locally advanced NSCLC patients treated with curative-intent (chemo)radiation who have good WHO PS, patients with combined handgrip weakness and low FFMI have the worst prognosis.
Keyphrases
- locally advanced
- rectal cancer
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- squamous cell carcinoma
- phase ii study
- radiation therapy
- small cell lung cancer
- adipose tissue
- prognostic factors
- early stage
- radiation induced
- photodynamic therapy
- advanced non small cell lung cancer
- clinical trial
- cancer therapy
- epidermal growth factor receptor