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Sep 2026
Sarcopenia Is Associated With Severe Treatment Toxicity and Mortality in Older Adults With Advanced Cancer: A Secondary Analysis
ABSTRACT Background Sarcopenia, a loss of muscle strength, quantity and performance that occurs primarily from ageing or secondary to disease, is hypothesized to worsen treatment outcomes in patients with cancer. Most published studies, however, focus solely on muscle quantity in patients under 70. Here, we evaluate th...
Lindsey J. Mattick, Mostafa Mohammed, Chin-Shang Li et al.
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