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T1  - Loss of skeletal muscle mass during neoadjuvant treatments correlates with worse prognosis in esophageal cancer : a retrospective cohort study 
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UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/234329 
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A1  - Järvinen, Tommi; Ilonen, Ilkka; Kauppi, Juha; Salo, Jarmo; Räsänen, Jari 
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Y1  - 2018 
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AB  - Background: Nutritional deficits, cachexia, and sarcopenia are extremely common in esophageal cancer. The aim of this article was to assess the effect of loss of skeletal muscle mass during neoadjuvant treatment on the prognosis of esophageal cancer patients. Methods: Esophageal cancer patients (N = 115) undergoing neoadjuvant therapy and surgery between 2010 and 2014 were identified from our surgery database and retrospectively analyzed. Computed tomography imaging of the total cross-sectional ... 
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KW  - Esophageal neoplasms; Thoracic surgery; Sarcopenia; Body composition; Malnutrition; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; BODY-COMPOSITION; SARCOPENIA; CHEMOTHERAPY; SURVIVAL; RESECTION; TERM; SURGERY; IMPACT; COMPLICATIONS; 3122 Cancers; 3126 Surgery, anesthesiology, intensive care, radiology 
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