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Relationships Among Body Mass Index, Longitudinal Body Composition Alterations, and Survival in Patients With Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Receiving Chemoradiation: A Pilot Study Shalini Dalal, MD, David Hui, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Luc Bidaut, PhD, Kristen Lem, MD, Egidio Del Fabbro, MD, Christopher Crane, MD, Cielito C. Reyes-Gibby, MSN, DrPH, Deepak Bedi, MD, Eduardo Bruera, MD Journal of Pain and Symptom Management Volume 44, Issue 2, Pages (August 2012) DOI: /j.jpainsymman Copyright © 2012 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee Terms and Conditions
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Fig. 1 Distribution of the percentage changes in skeletal and adipose tissue per 100 days for patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer (n=41). SKM=skeletal muscle; VAT=visceral adipose tissue; SCAT=subcutaneous adipose tissue; BMI=body mass index. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management , DOI: ( /j.jpainsymman ) Copyright © 2012 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee Terms and Conditions
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Fig. 2 Kaplan-Meier survival curves according to the median percentage losses in a) SKM (≤ or >4%), b) VAT (≤ or >13%), c) SCAT (≤ or >11%), and d) BMI category (BMI < or ≥30). SKM=skeletal muscle; VAT=visceral adipose tissue; SCAT=subcutaneous adipose tissue; BMI=body mass index. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management , DOI: ( /j.jpainsymman ) Copyright © 2012 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee Terms and Conditions
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