Cachexia Versus Sarcopenia in Clinical Characteristics and Prognostic Value After Radical Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: A Large-Scale Prospective Study

• Published in: Annals of surgical oncology Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 2348 - 2358
• Main Authors: Zhuang, Cheng-Le, Dong, Qian-Tong, Shi, Han-Ping, Zhang, Feng-Min, Luo, Xin, Wang, Wen-Bin, Yu, Zhen, Chen, Xiao-Lei, Wang, Su-Lin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.04.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aged; Cachexia; Cachexia - complications; Clinical outcomes; Gastrectomy; Gastrectomy - adverse effects; Gastric cancer; Gastrointestinal Oncology; Gastrointestinal surgery; Humans; Medical prognosis; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Oncology; Patients; Prognosis; Prospective Studies; Retrospective Studies; Risk factors; Sarcopenia; Sarcopenia - complications; Stomach Neoplasms - complications; Stomach Neoplasms - surgery; Surgery; Surgical Oncology; Survival

Background Sarcopenia and cachexia are two predictors of adverse clinical outcomes, but they are partly overlapping. We aimed to compare the characteristics and prognostic value of cachexia and sarcopenia in patients after gastrectomy. Methods From 2014 to 2019, a total of 1215 gastric cancer patien...