The IMPACT study: early loss of skeletal muscle mass in advanced pancreatic cancer patients

• Main Authors: Debora Basile (Author), Annamaria Parnofiello (Author), Maria Grazia Vitale (Author), Francesco Cortiula (Author), Lorenzo Gerratana (Author), Valentina Fanotto (Author), Camilla Lisanti (Author), Giacomo Pelizzari (Author), Elena Ongaro (Author), Michele Bartoletti (Author), Silvio Ken Garattini (Author), Victoria Josephine Andreotti (Author), Anna Bacco (Author), Donatella Iacono (Author), Marta Bonotto (Author), Mariaelena Casagrande (Author), Paola Ermacora (Author), Fabio Puglisi (Author), Nicoletta Pella (Author), Gianpiero Fasola (Author), Giuseppe Aprile (Author), Giovanni G. Cardellino (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background Pancreatic cancer (PC) patients have multiple risk factors for sarcopenia and loss of skeletal muscle mass (LSMM), which may cause greater treatment toxicities, reduced response to cancer therapy, prolonged hospitalization, impaired quality of life, and worse prognosis. Methods T...