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2022 | 95 | 1 | 53-59

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Body composition in pancreatic cancer patients

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Pancreatic cancer, despite significant progress in diagnosis and treatment, still has poor prognosis. Surgical treatment remains the only curative option. Unfortunately, radical tumor resection is possible in less than 20% of patients. Surgical resection may be difficult, and can be associated with a high complication rate. One of the important factors contributing to the high morbidity in the perioperative period is malnutrition, together with rapidly progressing malnutrition which affects about 85% of pancreatic cancer patients. Abnormal nutritional status is closely related to changes in the body's composition. The aim of the study was to determine the changes in the body composition in pancreatic cancer patients and their consequences based on the results of the current research. The available reports have shown that the body composition in pancreatic cancer patients changes undoubtedly and depends on staging, location and type of cancer. Furthermore, whether anticancer therapy is initiated or not can also play a significant role. It appears that in patients with pancreatic cancer, weight loss with a decline in parameters such as body fat and skeletal muscle mass occurs early and worsens as the tumor grows and the disease progresses. The above data suggest that knowing the patient's body composition and observing its changes may be a prognostic factor for survival and complications. Additionally, there have been reports that chemotherapy dosing based on body composition rather than conventional measurements can help reduce toxicity of treatment. Therefore, knowing the patient's body composition seems to be important.

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95

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1

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53-59

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2023

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Biblioteka Nauki
58606378

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bwmeta1.element.ojs-doi-10_5604_01_3001_0015_8570
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