Abstract:OBJECTIVE: Obesity is a significant risk factor for endometrial cancer. In contrast, sarcopenia describes a loss of the body's muscle mass that is closely related to unfavorable clinical outcomes. Even endometrial cancer patients have high rates of obesity, and they should have a significantly higher risk for undiagnosed sarcopenia or fragile muscle quality.METHODS: This is a retrospective study that included an endometrial cancer database collected from a tertiary gynecologic cancer center. We investigated th… Show more
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.