Background It is well known that sarcopenia is a common risk factor in patients with
gastrointestinal tumours, which may negatively affect the clinical outcome and prognosis …

Background Sarcopenia is an age-related syndrome that may have negative impact on
surgical outcomes and long-term survival of patients with gastric cancer. Serum …

Background Sarcopenia predicts poor prognosis of a variety of gastrointestinal
malignancies. However, there is a lack of study on the association between skeletal muscle …

Objective This study aimed to develop a simplified diagnostic tool for assessing sarcopenia
and myosteatosis in gastrointestinal cancer patients, focusing on the creatinine to cystatin C …

Aim Sarcopenia is a robust prognostic indicator of outcomes after surgery for colorectal
cancer (CRC). However, there are no serum markers routinely available for estimating …

Background Sarcopenia is observed in about 50% of cancer patients. Cancer-related
sarcopenia negatively affects survival and is a predictive factor of anticancer drug toxicity …

Objectives Sarcopenia is a well-known risk factor for inferior cancer outcomes, but the
identification of patients at risk remains challenging. A new sarcopenia index (SI), defined as …

Background & aims Sarcopenia is associated with poor clinical outcomes of patients who
underwent esophagectomy. The current diagnostic criteria for sarcopenia are complex and …

Non-invasive prediction for KIT/PDGFRA status in GIST is a challenging problem. This study
aims to evaluate whether CT based sarcopenia could differentiate KIT/PDGFRA wild-type …

Background The impact of sarcopenia on the outcome of gastrointestinal (GI) oncological
patients is still controversial. We aim to discuss the prevalence of sarcopenia and its relation …