Abstract

Objectives: Nutritional and functional status are often compromised in women with newly diagnosed advanced epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), which can lead to increased perioperative morbidity and oncologic mortality. Sarcopenia is the wasting of muscle mass and has been associated with adverse outcomes in a variety of malignancies. To help develop preoperative models for optimal triage of EOC patients, we investigated the role of sarcopenia in predicting surgical morbidity and overall survival in advanced EOC.

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