Skeletal Muscle Loss during Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Is an Independent Risk Factor for Postoperative Infectious Complications in Patients with Advanced Esophageal Cancer - Concepedia

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Skeletal Muscle Loss during Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Is an Independent Risk Factor for Postoperative Infectious Complications in Patients with Advanced Esophageal Cancer

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2018

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Masaaki Motoori, Kazumasa Fujitani, Keijiro Sugimura, Hiroshi Miyata, Rie Nakatsuka, Yujiro Nishizawa, Hisateru Komatsu, Susumu Miyazaki, Takamichi Komori, Masaki Kashiwazaki,

Abstract

Loss of skeletal muscle mass during NACT was a significant risk factor for postoperative infectious complications in patients with esophageal cancer. Prevention of severe adverse events may reduce postoperative infectious complications.

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