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- Title
More than 6 months of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy results in loss of skeletal muscle: a challenge to the current standard of care.
- Authors
Kodera, Yasuhiro
- Abstract
The article presents author's views regarding increasing number of gastric cancer in patients with curatively resected stage II/III in Japan, that undergo postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy. Topics discussed include enteral nutrition for minimizing the inevitable weight loss following gastrectomy, factors affecting loss of skeletal muscle and rhabdomyolysis.
- Subjects
CANCER chemotherapy; CANCER treatment; GASTRECTOMY; WEIGHT loss; RHABDOMYOLYSIS
- Publication
Gastric Cancer, 2015, Vol 18, Issue 2, p203
- ISSN
1436-3291
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1007/s10120-014-0381-z