Impact of measurement of skeletal muscle mass on clinical outcomes in patients with esophageal cancer undergoing esophagectomy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Some studies have reported that sarcopenia is linked to clinical outcomes in multiple types of malignancies, but this association has not been established in esophageal cancer. We assessed how sarcopenia affects clinical outcomes of multidisciplinary treatments for esophageal cancer.

Source: Surgery - October 10, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Tomo Ishida, Tomoki Makino, Makoto Yamasaki, Koji Tanaka, Yasuhiro Miyazaki, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Yukinori Kurokawa, Masaaki Motoori, Yutaka Kimura, Kiyokazu Nakajima, Masaki Mori, Yuichiro Doki Source Type: research