Limitations of the definition of sarcopenia in cancer surgery

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 116-

  Binay Safer, Vildan ^a   Safer, Umut ^a   Kaplan, Mustafa ^a   Terekeci, Hakan ^a   Top, Cihan ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CACHEXIA; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPENIA; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ADENOCARCINOMA; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; MALE; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 84937519097     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.23917     Document Type: Letter

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