Postoperative skeletal muscle loss as a prognostic indicator of clinical outcomes in patients with gastric cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: A decrease in skeletal muscle mass is frequently observed during the perioperative period in patients with gastric cancer (GC) and is strongly associated with postoperative complications and poor long-term survival outcomes. Relevant research indicates that a certain proportion of patients with GC experience skeletal muscle mass loss after surgery. Therefore, a systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to assess postoperative skeletal muscle loss as a prognostic marker for clinical outcomes in patients with GC.

Risk factors for lower extremity lymphedema after cervical cancer treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: The main risk factors for the development of lower extremity lymphedema after cervical cancer treatment are controversial. Our aim was to evaluate the main risk factors of lower extremity lymphedema after cervical cancer treatment.

Methods: We searched the English database PubMed, Embase, Medline, Central and the Chinese database CNKI to obtain relevant studies.