Cancers, Vol. 13, Pages 5359: Sarcopenia Predicts Cancer Mortality in Male but Not in Female Patients Undergoing Surgery for Cholangiocellular Carcinoma

Conclusion: Measurement of muscle mass from preoperative CT scans represents an easily obtainable tool to estimate patient prognosis following curative surgery. The prognostic value was restricted to male patients, while in female patients these parameters did not reflect the patient outcome.

Source: Cancers - October 26, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Markus Sebastian J ördens Lisa Heinrichs Sven H. Loosen Linda Wittig Verena Keitel David Sch öler Maximilian Schulze-Hagen Christina Loberg Gerald Antoch Wolfram Trudo Knoefel Tom Luedde Georg Fluegen Christoph Roderburg Tags: Article Source Type: research