Hand grip strength‐based cachexia index as a predictor of cancer cachexia and prognosis in patients with cancer

• Main Authors: Hailun Xie (Author), Guotian Ruan (Author), Lishuang Wei (Author), Heyang Zhang (Author), Yizhong Ge (Author), Qi Zhang (Author), Shiqi Lin (Author), Mengmeng Song (Author), Xi Zhang (Author), Xiaoyue Liu (Author), Xiangrui Li (Author), Kangping Zhang (Author), Ming Yang (Author), Meng Tang (Author), Chun‐Hua Song (Author), Jialiang Gan (Author), Han‐Ping Shi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2023-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The cachexia index is a useful predictor for cancer cachexia and prognostic assessment. However, its use is limited because of high testing costs and complicated testing procedures. Thus, in this study, we aimed to develop a hand grip strength (HGS)‐based cancer cachexia index (H...