Sarcopenia Impacts on Short- and Long-term Results of Hepatectomy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

To evaluate the prevalence of sarcopenia among European patients with resectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and to assess its prognostic impact on overall and disease-free survival. Identification of preoperative prognostic factors in liver surgery for HCC is required to better select patients a...

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Published in:	Annals of surgery Vol. 261; no. 6; p. 1173
Main Authors:	Voron, Thibault, Tselikas, Lambros, Pietrasz, Daniel, Pigneur, Frederic, Laurent, Alexis, Compagnon, Philippe, Salloum, Chady, Luciani, Alain, Azoulay, Daniel
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.06.2015
Subjects:	Aged Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - epidemiology Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - surgery Comorbidity Disease-Free Survival Female Hepatectomy - mortality Humans Liver Neoplasms - epidemiology Liver Neoplasms - surgery Male Middle Aged Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - epidemiology Patient Selection Prevalence Prognosis Retrospective Studies Sarcopenia - diagnostic imaging Sarcopenia - epidemiology Survival Analysis Tomography, X-Ray Computed Treatment Outcome
ISSN:	1528-1140, 1528-1140
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