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Author(s) -
TorreVallejo Martha,
Turcott Jenny,
Arrieta Oscar,
Baracos Vickie
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the oncologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.176
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1549-490X
pISSN - 1083-7159
DOI - 10.1634/theoncologist.2015-0465
Subject(s) - sarcopenia , medicine , cachexia , cancer cachexia , skeletal muscle , computed tomography , cancer , muscle mass , mechanism (biology) , bioinformatics , intensive care medicine , surgery , biology , philosophy , epistemology
The mechanism through which sarcopenia occurs differs between cancer patients and older people. Loss of skeletal muscle mass should be considered the most clinically relevant phenotypic feature of cachexia‐related sarcopenia, and it can be identified by computed tomography.