Background Individualised risk prediction is crucial if targeted pre-operative risk reduction
strategies are to be deployed effectively. Radiologically determined sarcopenia has been …

Background Frailty is associated with poor prognosis, but the multitude of definitions and
scales of assessment makes the impact on outcomes difficult to assess. The aim of this study …

Several animals have been in the limelight of basic research associated with metabolic
diseases like obesity. Obesity can be considered as a significant public health concern in …

Objective: To evaluate the changing impact of genetic and clinicopathologic factors on
conditional overall survival (CS) over time in patients with resectable colorectal liver …

Simple Summary Recent studies have shown that pathological changes of body
composition, in particular reduced muscle mass (sarcopenia) and impaired muscle quality …

Purpose One-year mortality is vital for elderly oncologic patients undergoing surgery. Recent
studies have demonstrated that sarcopenia can predict outcomes after major abdominal …

Background We aim to clarify if frailty affects severe postoperative complications in elective
colorectal surgery. Methods Consecutive 269 colorectal cancer patients older than 65 years …

Importance A combined subjective and objective wireless monitoring program of patient-
centered outcomes can be carried out in patients before and after major abdominal cancer …

Background A geriatric assessment is needed to identify high-risk elderly patients with
gastric cancer. However, the current geriatric assessment has been considered to be either …

BACKGROUND Skeletal muscle abnormalities, such as muscle mass depletion
(sarcopenia) and fatty infiltration of the muscle (myosteatosis), are frequent complications in …