Sarcopenia is a poor prognostic factor following hepatic resection in patients aged 70 years and older with hepatocellular carcinoma - Concepedia

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Sarcopenia is a poor prognostic factor following hepatic resection in patients aged 70 years and older with hepatocellular carcinoma

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2016

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Norifumi Harimoto, Tomoharu Yoshizumi, Masahiro Shimokawa, Kazuhito Sakata, Kôichi Kimura, Shinji Itoh, Toru Ikegami, Tetsuo Ikeda, Ken Shirabe, Yoshihiko Maehara

Hepatology Research

Abstract

This retrospective analysis revealed that sarcopenia was predictive of worse overall survival and recurrence-free survival after hepatectomy in patients 70 years of age and older with HCC.

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