Sarcopenia and myosteatosis in patients undergoing curative radiotherapy for head and neck cancer: Impact on survival, treatment completion, hospital admission and cost.
Merran FindlayChris BrownRichard De Abreu LourençoKathryn WhiteJudith D BauerPublished in: Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association (2020)
As CT-defined sarcopenia and myosteatosis hold clinically meaningful prognostic value, muscle status evaluation is recommended in routine clinical practice.
Keyphrases
- clinical practice
- skeletal muscle
- patients undergoing
- emergency department
- early stage
- computed tomography
- healthcare
- image quality
- community dwelling
- locally advanced
- rectal cancer
- contrast enhanced
- radiation induced
- dual energy
- magnetic resonance
- combination therapy
- positron emission tomography
- free survival
- electronic health record