Changes in body composition and prognostic importance of sarcopenia in patients receiving CTRT for oropharyngeal cancer.

Shrujal S. Baxi,Lee W. Jones,Anne Eaton,Stephanie Gandelman,Darragh Halpenny,Jasmyne Jackson,Rachel Kurtzman,S. McBride,Andrew J. Plodkowski,David G. Pfister

Changes in body composition and prognostic importance of sarcopenia in patients receiving CTRT for oropharyngeal cancer.

2016

Shrujal S. Baxi
Lee W. Jones
Anne Eaton
Stephanie Gandelman
Darragh Halpenny
Jasmyne Jackson
Rachel Kurtzman
S. McBride
Andrew J. Plodkowski
David G. Pfister

6077Background: Concurrent chemoradiation (CTRT) improves outcomes in oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) but causes toxicities that alter body composition. In other cancers, loss of lean body mass (sarcope...

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Sarcopenia
Cancer
Pathology
Physical therapy
Medicine
concurrent chemoradiation
Oncology
Lean body mass
in patient
Internal medicine

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