Liver cancer is the second most occurring cancer worldwide and is one of the leading
causes of cancer-related deaths. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common …

Malnutrition is a common complication in patients with end‐stage liver disease (ESLD)
awaiting liver transplantation (LT). Malnutrition and sarcopenia overlap in etiology and …

Background Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a severe complication of cirrhosis and is
defined by organ failure and high rates of short-term mortality. Patients with ACLF are …

Abstract Changes in body composition are associated with poor outcomes in cancer patients
including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Sarcopenia, defined as the loss of skeletal …

Although sarcopenia is a common complication of cirrhosis, its diagnosis remains
nonconsensual: computed tomography (CT) scan determinations vary and no cutoff values …

Introduction Increasing emphasis is being placed on the detection of frailty in the pre‐
operative setting given its association with surgical morbidity and mortality. Prehabilitation …

The high clinical significance of sarcopenia is well established. Current approaches to
nutritional supplementation have not been effective in reversing sarcopenia because of …

Liver transplantation has emerged as a highly efficient treatment for a variety of acute and
chronic liver diseases. However, organ shortage is becoming an increasing problem …

Sarcopenia predicts morbidity and mortality in adults with end‐stage liver disease (ESLD)
and is determined by total psoas muscle area (tPMA) measurement from computed …

This article is a review of the salient points and a future prospective based on the 2014
Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN)/Scientific Registry of Transplant …