Prognostic Significance of Adipose Tissue Distribution and Metabolic Activity in PET/CT in Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer.

Tuba KaraçelikBuğra KayaMustafa Korkmaz Mustafa Karaağaç Murat Araz Melek Karakurt Eryilmaz Hakan Şat Bozcuk Mustafa Yıldırım

Published in: Journal of gastrointestinal cancer (2022)

SAT ratio was an independent prognostic factor for survival in patients with mCRC. Higher SAT volume is correlated with longer survival in mCRC patients.

Keyphrases

prognostic factors
pet ct
adipose tissue

metastatic colorectal cancer
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction

chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
positron emission tomography

type diabetes
computed tomography