Presence of sarcopenic obesity and evaluation of the associated muscle quality in Japanese older men with prostate cancer undergoing androgen deprivation therapy

J Geriatr Oncol. 2019 Sep;10(5):835-838. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2019.03.017. Epub 2019 Apr 4.

¹ Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 3-29-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-0012, Japan; Department of Rehabilitation, Tokyo Shinjuku Medical Center, Japan Community Health care Organization, 5-1 Tukudocho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8543, Japan. Electronic address: kimura.yosuke.xm@alumni.tsukuba.ac.jp.
² Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 3-29-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-0012, Japan.
³ Department of Rehabilitation, Tokyo Shinjuku Medical Center, Japan Community Health care Organization, 5-1 Tukudocho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8543, Japan.
⁴ Nagae Prostate Clinic, 7172-2619 Hosoecho Nakagawa, Kita-ku, Hamamatsu-City, Shizuoka 431-1304, Japan.

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Keywords: Androgen deprivation therapy; Body fat; Intramuscular adipose tissue; Obesity; Prostate cancer; Sarcopenia; Skeletal muscle.

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