Screening for low muscularity in colorectal cancer patients: a valid, clinic-friendly approach that predicts mortality.
Elizabeth M Cespedes FelicianoEgor AvrutinBette J CaanAdam BoroianMarina MourtzakisPublished in: Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle (2018)
Clinic-friendly methods that assess linear area from CT scans are an accurate screening tool to identify low skeletal muscle among non-metastatic colorectal cancer patients. These linear measures are associated with mortality after colorectal cancer, suggesting they could be clinically useful both to improve prognostication and to provide a practical screening tool to identify cancer patients who require nutrition or exercise intervention.
Keyphrases
- skeletal muscle
- computed tomography
- primary care
- physical activity
- dual energy
- randomized controlled trial
- papillary thyroid
- contrast enhanced
- small cell lung cancer
- squamous cell carcinoma
- high intensity
- cardiovascular events
- insulin resistance
- high resolution
- image quality
- squamous cell
- risk factors
- cardiovascular disease
- type diabetes
- adipose tissue
- resistance training
- magnetic resonance
- metabolic syndrome
- lymph node metastasis
- mass spectrometry
- childhood cancer