Prognostic value of sarcopenia in survivors of hematological malignances undergoing a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: Supportive care in cancer Vol. 28; no. 8; pp. 3533 - 3542
• Main Authors: Jia, Shuli, Qiao, Runjuan, Xiao, Yuting, Qin, Dan, Zhao, Wanyu, Zhao, Yunli, Liu, Xiaolei, Dong, Birong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.08.2020; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Analysis; Cancer; Hematology; Hematopoietic stem cells; Medical prognosis; Medical research; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Medicine, Experimental; Meta-analysis; Nursing; Nursing Research; Oncology; Pain Medicine; Prognosis; Rehabilitation Medicine; Review Article; Risk factors; Sarcopenia; Stem cell transplantation; Stem cells; Survivor; Systematic review; Transplantation; Transplants & implants; Sarcopenia; Systematic review; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Post-transplant outcomes; Meta-analysis

Purpose Sarcopenia is increasingly recognized as an independent risk factor for poor outcomes in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), and it is a potentially modifiable factor. The purpose of the present systematic review and meta-analysis is to summarize and integrate...