Single-institution study of correlations between skeletal muscle mass, its density, and clinical outcomes in non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with first-line chemotherapy.
Alessio CortelliniPierpaolo PalumboGiampiero PorzioLucilla VernaAldo V GiordanoCarlo MasciocchiAlessandro ParisiKatia CannitaCorrado FicorellaFederico BozzettiPublished in: Thoracic cancer (2018)
Low SMM is predictive of shorter PFS, while consecutive changes in muscular mass do not seem to be a predictor of PFS or OS. The role of muscle radiodensity remains a matter of debate.