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A critical evaluation of body composition modalities used to assess adipose and skeletal muscle tissue in cancer

Abstract

The majority of cancer patients experience some form of body composition change during the disease trajectory. For example, breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and prostate cancer patients undergoing androgen deprivation therapy gain fat and lose skeletal muscle, which are associated with increased risk of cancer recurrence and clinical comorbidities. In contrast, advanced cancer patients, such as lung and colorectal cancer patients, …

Authors

Di Sebastiano KM; Mourtzakis M

Journal

Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism, Vol. 37, No. 5, pp. 811–821

Publisher

Canadian Science Publishing

Publication Date

October 2012

DOI

10.1139/h2012-079

ISSN

1715-5312