Health-related quality of life in young pediatric cancer survivors: The role of sarcopenia
Andres Marmol-Perez, Esther Ubago-Guisado, Cristina Cadenas-Sanchez, Andrea Rodriguez-Solana, Francisco J Llorente-Cantarero, Juan Francisco Pascual-Gázquez, Daniel Moreira-Gonçalves, Jorge Mota, Kirsten K Ness, Jonatan R Ruiz, Luis Gracia-Marco · 2026
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Andres Marmol-Perez and co-authors published a journal article in 2026 on muscle loss in young survivors of childhood cancer. This loss, called sarcopenia, combines weak grip strength with low muscle mass. The study asked whether survivors with muscle loss report worse quality of life.
The study included 116 survivors with an average age of 12.1 years. Grip strength and body scans sorted them into no, probable, and confirmed muscle loss groups. Most quality-of-life scores were alike across the groups. One clear gap stood out: girls without muscle loss scored better in total, physical, mental, and school life than girls with confirmed loss. No such pattern was reported for boys.
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| CREATOR | Andres Marmol-Perez, Esther Ubago-Guisado, Cristina Cadenas-Sanchez, Andrea Rodriguez-Solana, Francisco J Llorente-Cantarero, Juan Francisco Pascual-Gázquez, Daniel Moreira-Gonçalves, Jorge Mota, Kirsten K Ness, Jonatan R Ruiz, Luis Gracia-Marco |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34018 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |