ArticleCancers2025
Postoperative Changes in Body Composition Predict Long-Term Prognosis in Patients with Gastric Cancer.
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- Sarcopenia Affects the Clinical Efficacy of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Gastric Cancer Patients: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of gastrointestinal cancer · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of a Personalized Digital Exercise and Nutrition Rehabilitation Program in Postoperative Patients With Gastric Cancer: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Trial
- Early Nutritional-Immune Biomarker Trajectories Following Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: A Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Development and clinical application of a postoperative complication prognosis prediction model for gastric cancer patients based on automated machine learning with body fat rate.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Impact of Preoperative Comprehensive Body Composition on Postoperative Outcomes in Patients with Esophageal Cancer.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundPostoperative changes in body composition (BC) have not been clearly defined. The aim of this study was to clarify the impact of postoperative comprehensive changes in BC on long-term prognosis in gastric cancer (GC) patients.
methodsA total of 366 GC patients who underwent radical gastrectomy were included. Postoperative changes in skeletal muscle volume, body fat volume, and skeletal muscle density were investigated at six months postoperatively using computed tomography and evaluated their association with long-term survival.
resultsPatients with decreased muscle volume, decreased fat volume, and increased muscle density had a poor prognosis, respectively. When the risk scores based on these three BC parameters were applied, patients were classified from score 0 to 4, with survival rate declining as the scores improved: score 0, interim 5-year overall survival 94%; score 1, 82%; score 2, 73%; score 3, 56%; and score 4, 20%. BC change (score > 2) was an independent poor prognosticator (HR, 3.086;
conclusionsEach of postoperative skeletal muscle loss, body fat loss, and muscle hyperdensity negatively affected prognosis of GC patients after surgery, and the BC risk scoring assessment well predicted the prognosis of postoperative patients with GC.
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