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Titel:

Sarcopenia in Advanced Serous Ovarian Cancer.

Dokumenttyp:
Journal Article
Autor(en):
Bronger, Holger; Hederich, Philipp; Hapfelmeier, Alexander; Metz, Stephan; Noël, Peter B; Kiechle, Marion; Schmalfeldt, Barbara
Abstract:
Cancer cachexia is a paraneoplastic syndrome comprising involuntary weight loss and muscle depletion (sarcopenia). Although weight loss has been associated with poor clinical outcome, there is only limited information on the prevalence and prognostic impact of sarcopenia in ovarian cancer so far.Total skeletal muscle mass was determined by computed tomography image analysis of the third lumbar skeletal muscle cross-sectional area in 128 patients with advanced serous ovarian cancer. Longitudinal...     »
Zeitschriftentitel:
Int J Gynecol Cancer
Jahr:
2017
Band / Volume:
27
Heft / Issue:
2
Seitenangaben Beitrag:
223-232
Sprache:
eng
Volltext / DOI:
doi:10.1097/IGC.0000000000000867
PubMed:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27870708
Print-ISSN:
1048-891X
TUM Einrichtung:
Frauenklinik und Poliklinik; Institut für Medizinische Statistik und Epidemiologie
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