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Association of the muscle mass phenotype as assessed by a grading system with the quality of life of patients with incurable cancer in palliative care.
Clinical nutrition ESPEN - 1 Aug 2024
Wiegert Emanuelly Varea Maria, Oliveira Livia Costa de, Rosa Karla Santos da Costa, Calixto-Lima Larissa
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BACKGROUND: Loss of muscle mass (MM) is common in advanced stages of cancer, with an impact on worsening quality of life (QoL). In the current study the relationship of a previously proposed simple grade system to assess MM phenotypes with QoL was investigated to strengthen its clinical significance. AIM: To verify whether the MM phenotypes, which were evaluated by using a grading system, are associated with the...
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