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Pretherapeutic radiological sarcopenia in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a narrative review.

Identifying radiological sarcopenia before pancreatic cancer treatment helps predict outcomes and inform personalized care decisions.

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remains one of the deadliest solid malignancies despite advances in surgery, perioperative care, and systemic therapies. The record is retained for conservative triage based on its relevance and narrative review.

What the study was

Study design
Narrative review
Category
Diagnostics
Maturity
Exploratory
Journal
Future Sci OA

Why it surfaced

Retained as a narrative review relevant to AI/ML in clinical diagnostics and imaging; scoring is conservative from PubMed metadata and abstract only.

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