作者
Judith Buentzel, Judith Heinz, Annalen Bleckmann, Christoph Bauer, Christian Roever, Hanibal Bohnenberger, Shekhar Saha, Marc Hinterthaner, Hassina Baraki, Ingo Kutschka, Alexander Emmert
发表日期
2019/9/1
来源
Anticancer research
卷号
39
期号
9
页码范围
4603-4612
出版商
International Institute of Anticancer Research
简介
Background/Aim
Sarcopenia describes the loss of skeletal muscle mass. While this condition is associated with a high mortality in cancer patients, its influence on survival is still underestimated.
Patients and Methods
A systematic review for articles was performed using the PubMed database, Cochrane Library, Biomed Central, Science Direct and by manual search. We used data of overall survival in sarcopenic patients for assessing the death risk. We extracted hazard ratio estimates from univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazards models for meta-analysis.
Results
A total of 15 studies were eligible for meta-analysis including a total of 2,521 lung cancer patients. Univariate meta-analysis revealed a two-fold increased death risk in sarcopenic patients; multivariate meta-analysis yielded a significant, three-fold elevated risk of death. This higher mortality is independent of tumour stage.
Conclusion
Muscle …
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