Background Body composition plays an important role in predicting treatment outcomes in
adults with cancer. Using existing computed tomographic (CT) cross-sectional imaging and …

Sarcopenia has recently emerged as a new condition that, independently from malnutrition,
may adversely affect the prognosis of cancer patients. Purpose of this narrative review is to …

Objectives Low skeletal muscle, referred to as sarcopenia, has been shown to be an
independent predictor of lower overall survival in various kinds of diseases. Several studies …

It has frequently been shown that patients with cancer are one of the largest hospital patient
groups with a prevalence for malnutrition. Weight loss is a frequent manifestation of …

Sarcopenia was recently classified a geriatric syndrome and is a major challenge to healthy
aging. Affected patients tend to have worse clinical outcomes and higher mortality than …

Sarcopenia is characterised by progressive and extensive skeletal muscle degeneration
and is associated with functional decline. Sarcopenia has primary and secondary aetiology …

Our understanding of body composition (BC) variability in contemporary populations has
significantly increased with the use of imaging techniques. Abnormal BC such as sarcopenia …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to review the nomenclature, clinical impact, and
diagnostic techniques characterizing sarcopenia. CONCLUSION. Sarcopenia—defined as …

Clinicians often believe that cachexia is caused by cancer and anorexia as a toxicity of
chemotherapy or targeted anti-cancer agents. It is now recognized that chemotherapy and …

Introduction The primary objective of this study was to determine the prognostic significance
of computed tomography (CT)-determined sarcopenia in small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) …