Cancer‐Associated Malnutrition and CT‐Defined Sarcopenia and Myosteatosis Are Endemic in Overweight and Obese Patients

Martin, Lisa; Gioulbasanis, Ioannis; Sénesse, Pierre; E. Baracos, Vickie

doi:10.1002/jpen.1597

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Cancer‐Associated Malnutrition and CT‐Defined Sarcopenia and Myosteatosis Are Endemic in Overweight and Obese Patients

Published in Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition • Apr 22, 2019

Authors:

Lisa Martin

Ioannis Gioulbasanis

Pierre Sénesse

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Overweight/obese patients' large fat mass can mask the loss of skeletal muscle, which is associated with mortality in the oncology setting. We investigated the prevalence of computed tomography (CT)-defined sarcopenia and myosteatosis across different levels of nutrition risk assessed by...

Subject

Sarcopenia

Malnutrition

Overweight

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