A practical measurement of thoracic sarcopenia: correlation with clinical parameters and outcomes in advanced lung cancer

Nicholas G. Wysham, Ryan D. Nipp, Thomas W. LeBlanc, Steven P. Wolf, Magnus P. Ekstrom, David C. Currow

Source: ERJ Open Res 2016: 00085-2015
Journal Issue: June

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