Open AccessEffect of sarcopenia on systemic targeted therapy response in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma
Author(s) -
Aliya Qayyum,
Priya Bhosale,
Rizwan Aslam,
Rony Avritscher,
Jingfei Ma,
Mark Pagel,
Jia Sun,
Yehia I. Mohamed,
Asif Rashid,
Laura Beretta,
Ahmed O. Kaseb
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
abdominal radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.824
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 2366-004X
pISSN - 2366-0058
DOI - 10.1007/s00261-020-02751-9
Subject(s) - medicine , sarcopenia , hepatocellular carcinoma , gastroenterology , hepatology , area under the curve , response evaluation criteria in solid tumors , progressive disease , disease
Sarcopenia is an independent prognostic indicator for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Our objective was to determine the effect of sarcopenia on response to systemic targeted therapy in patients with advanced HCC.