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Association between body composition phenotypes and treatment toxicity in women with cervical cancer undergoing chemoradiotherapy.

Mariah Azevedo AredesNathália Silva de PaulaGabriela Villaça Chaves
Published in: Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) (2024)
Lower SMI was an independent factor for the higher number of adverse events, as it remained a risk factor when analyzed in isolation or in association with adipose tissue. Women with excess adipose tissue associated with lower muscle mass had a risk approximately 4 times higher of delaying or interrupting chemoradiotherapy. Furthermore, for the sum of unfavorable conditions, there was a progressive increase in the risk of TIMT.
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