Prognostic role of body composition parameters in gastric/gastroesophageal junction cancer patients from the EXPAND trial

• Main Authors: Ulrich T. Hacker (Author), Dirk Hasenclever (Author), Nicolas Linder (Author), Gertraud Stocker (Author), Hyun‐Cheol Chung (Author), Yoon‐Koo Kang (Author), Markus Moehler (Author), Harald Busse (Author), Florian Lordick (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Body fat and/or muscle composition influences prognosis in several cancer types. For advanced gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancer, we investigated which body composition parameters carry prognostic information beyond well‐established clinical parameters using robust mode...