Sarcopenia in Patients With Normal Body Mass Index Is an Independent Predictor for Postoperative Complication and Long‐Term Survival in Gastric Cancer

• Main Authors: Xiangwei Sun (Author), Jianfeng Xu (Author), Xiaodong Chen (Author), Weiteng Zhang (Author), Wenjing Chen (Author), Ce Zhu (Author), Jing Sun (Author), Xinxin Yang (Author), Xiang Wang (Author), Yingying Hu (Author), Yiqi Cai (Author), Xian Shen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Malnutrition in patients with gastric cancer (GC) with normal body mass index (BMI) is often ignored. This study aimed to explore the role of sarcopenia in predicting postoperative complication and long‐term survival in patients with GC with normal BMI. We included patients with normal BMI (18.5 kg/...