"Sarcopenia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Progressive decline in muscle mass due to aging which results in decreased functional capacity of muscles.
| Descriptor ID |
D055948
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.597.613.612.500 C23.300.070.500.500 C23.888.592.608.612.500
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Sarcopenia" by people in this website by year, and whether "Sarcopenia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sarcopenia" by people in Profiles.
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Body composition and muscle composition phenotypes in patients on waitlist and shortly after liver transplant - results from a pilot study. BMC Gastroenterol. 2024 Oct 09; 24(1):356.
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Linking Body Composition and Nutritional Status with CAR T-cell Efficacy. Cancer Immunol Res. 2023 06 02; 11(6):704.
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Frailty and aging-associated syndromes in lung transplant candidates and recipients. Am J Transplant. 2021 06; 21(6):2018-2024.
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Low Thoracic Skeletal Muscle Area Predicts Morbidity After Pneumonectomy for Lung Cancer. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 03; 109(3):907-913.
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Editorial: sarcopenia in liver transplantation-our weakest patients may need the strongest push. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2019 04; 49(8):1100-1101.
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Impact of Prior Bariatric Surgery on Perioperative Liver Transplant Outcomes. Liver Transpl. 2019 02; 25(2):217-227.
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The impact of changes in radiographic sarcopenia on overall survival in older adults undergoing different treatment pathways for pancreatic cancer. J Geriatr Oncol. 2018 07; 9(4):367-372.
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Impact of sarcopenia on treatment tolerance in United States veterans with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma treated with CHOP-based chemotherapy. Am J Hematol. 2016 10; 91(10):1002-7.
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Longitudinal Body Composition Changes in Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma Survivors: A Retrospective Cohort Study of United States Veterans. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2016 11; 108(11).
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Associations between a patient-reported outcome (PRO) measure of sarcopenia and falls, functional status, and physical performance in older patients with cancer. J Geriatr Oncol. 2015 Nov; 6(6):433-41.