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SUBMITTER: Charette N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6371452 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Charette Nicolas N Vandeputte Caroline C Ameye Lieveke L Bogaert Camille Van CV Krygier Jonathan J Guiot Thomas T Deleporte Amélie A Delaunoit Thierry T Geboes Karen K Van Laethem Jean-Luc JL Peeters Marc M Demolin Gauthier G Holbrechts Stéphane S Flamen Patrick P Paesmans Marianne M Hendlisz Alain A
BMC cancer 20190212 1
<h4>Background</h4>The prognostic value of body composition in cancer patients has been widely studied during the last decade. The main finding of these studies is that sarcopenia, or skeletal muscle depletion, assessed by CT imaging correlates with a reduced overall survival (OS). By contrast, the prognostic value of fat mass remains ill-defined. This study aims to analyze the influence of body composition including both muscle mass and adipose tissue on OS in a homogeneous population of advanc ...[more]