A lower psoas muscle volume was associated with a higher rate of recurrence in male clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Go NoguchiTakashi KawaharaKota KobayashiSohgo TsutsumiShinji OhtakeKimito OsakaSusumu UmemotoNoboru NakaigawaHiroji UemuraTakeshi KishidaMasahiro Yao

Published in: PloS one (2020)

The presence of sarcopenia (lower PMI) was found to be associated with poor RFS in male ccRCC patients. The PMI might serve as a measure of patient frailty and might be useful for prognostic risk stratification in ccRCC.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
skeletal muscle
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
case report
free survival