Can sarcopenia predict survival in locally advanced rectal cancer patients?
ANZ Journal of Surgery2023Vol. 93(9), pp. 2166–2171
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Richard Gartrell, Jing Qiao, Nicole Kiss, Ian Faragher, Steven T. F. Chan, Paul N. Baird, Justin Yeung
Abstract
Sarcopenia was found to be an independent risk factor for worse overall survival, but not recurrence free survival, in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer undergoing neo-adjuvant chemo-radiotherapy and surgery with curative intent.
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