The role of body composition evaluation by computerized tomography in determining colorectal cancer treatment outcomes: A systematic review

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 186-196

  Malietzis, G ^a,b   Aziz, O ^d   Bagnall, N M ^a,b   Johns, N ^c   Fearon, K C ^c   Jenkins, J T ^a,b  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body composition; Colorectal cancer; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL LIVER METASTASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MUSCLE MASS; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARCOPENIA; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMPLICATION; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADIPOSITY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LENGTH OF STAY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OPERATIVE TIME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SARCOPENIA; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84921532579     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2014.10.056     Document Type: Review

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