Prognostic Value of Computed Tomography: Measured Parameters of Body Composition in Primary Operable Gastrointestinal Cancers: Methodologic Issues

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue , 2017, Pages 628-629

  Ayubi, Erfan ^a   Safiri, Saeid ^b,c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MARAGHEH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY COMPOSITION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; LETTER; OVERALL SURVIVAL; SARCOPENIA; STOMACH CANCER; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; PROGNOSIS; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

BODY COMPOSITION; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 85031928402     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-017-6127-5     Document Type: Letter

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