Prognostic value of adipose tissue and muscle mass in advanced colorectal cancer: a post hoc analysis of two non-randomized phase II trials

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 im...

Source: BMC Cancer - February 12, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Nicolas Charette, Caroline Vandeputte, Lieveke Ameye, Camille Van Bogaert, Jonathan Krygier, Thomas Guiot, Am élie Deleporte, Thierry Delaunoit, Karen Geboes, Jean-Luc Van Laethem, Marc Peeters, Gauthier Demolin, Stéphane Holbrechts, Patrick Flamen, Mar Tags: Research article Source Type: research