Sarcopenia in Patients With Normal Body Mass Index Is an Independent Predictor for Postoperative Complication and Long-Term Survival in Gastric Cancer

Sun, XW; Xu, JF; Chen, XD; Zhang, WT; Chen, WJ; Zhu, C; Sun, J; Yang, XX; Wang, X; Hu, YY; Cai, YQ; Shen, X

Shen, X (corresponding author), Wenzhou Med Univ, Affiliated Hosp 2, Dept Gastrointestinal Surg, Wenzhou, Peoples R China.; Shen, X (corresponding author), Wenzhou Med Univ, Yuying Childrens Hosp, Wenzhou, Peoples R China.; Shen, X (corresponding author), Wenzhou Med Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, Dept Gastrointestinal Surg, Wenzhou, Peoples R China.

CTS-CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE, 2021; 14 (3): 837

Abstract

Malnutrition in patients with gastric cancer (GC) with normal body mass index (BMI) is often ignored. This study aimed to explore the role of sarcopen......

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