Body composition assessment and sarcopenia in patients with gastric cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Sivesh Kathir KamarajahJames BundredBenjamin H L Tan

Published in: Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (2018)

Assessment of body composition has the potential to become a clinically useful tool that could support decision-making in patients with gastric cancer. However, variation in methods of assessing and reporting body composition in this patient group limits assessment of current post-operative outcomes.

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