Sarcopenia: An important prognostic factor for males treated for a locally advanced esophageal carcinoma.

Date publication

mai 2020

Journal

Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr BOUCHE Olivier

Tous les auteurs :
Benadon B, Servagi-Vernat S, Quero L, Cattan P, Guillerm S, Hennequin V, Aparicio T, Lourenço N, Bouché O, Hennequin C

Lien Pubmed

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32493629

Résumé

Sarcopenia is a prognostic factor of esophageal carcinoma (EC) before surgery, with less convincing data reported before chemoradiotherapy (CRT).

Mots clés

Chemoradiotherapy, Esophageal cancer, Muscle mass, Sarcopenia

Référence

Dig Liver Dis. 2020 May 31;: