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- Title
Higher Muscle Strength Is Associated with Prolonged Survival in Older Patients with Advanced Cancer.
- Authors
Versteeg, Kathelijn Sophie; Blauwhoff-Buskermolen, Susanne; Buffart, Laurien M; de van der Schueren, Marian A E; Langius, Jacqueline A E; Verheul, Henk M W; Maier, Andrea B; Konings, Inge R
- Abstract
Identifying predictors of treatment toxicity and overall survival (OS) is important for selecting patients who will benefit from chemotherapy. In younger patients with cancer, muscle mass and radiodensity are associated with treatment toxicity and OS. In this study, we investigated whether muscle mass, radiodensity, and strength were associated with treatment toxicity and OS in patients with advanced cancer aged 60 years or older.
- Publication
The oncologist, 2018, Vol 23, Issue 5, p580
- ISSN
1549-490X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1634/theoncologist.2017-0193