Sarcopenia on preoperative chest computed tomography predicts cancer-specific and all-cause mortality following pneumonectomy for lung cancer: A multicenter analysis.

Fabian Martin TroschelQianna JinFlorian EichhornThomas MuleyTill D BestKonstantin S LeppelmannChi-Fu Jeffrey YangAmelie S TroschelHauke WinterClaus P HeußelHenning A GaissertFlorian J Fintelmann

Published in: Cancer medicine (2021)

This transatlantic multicenter study confirms that sarcopenia on preoperative chest CT is an independent risk factor for CSS and OS following pneumonectomy for NSCLC.

Keyphrases

computed tomography
dual energy
positron emission tomography
patients undergoing
skeletal muscle
image quality
small cell lung cancer
papillary thyroid
contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance imaging
squamous cell
community dwelling
young adults
epidermal growth factor receptor
tyrosine kinase