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October 18, 2021Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle109 citationsOpen Access

Computed tomography‐defined low skeletal muscle index and density in cancer patients: observations from a systematic review

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JMJosh McGovernRDRoss D. DolanPHPaul G. Horgan

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Low SMI and SMD are endemic across a range of cancer types and disease stage, challenging pre-existing dogma of the determinants of prevalence.

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McGovern et al. (2021) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dd4d910a7b4bc8c4101537https://doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12831
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