Muscle radiodensity and mortality in patients with colorectal cancer.

Candyce H KroenkeCarla M PradoJeffrey A MeyerhardtErin K WeltzienJingjie XiaoElizabeth M Cespedes FelicianoBette J Caan

Published in: Cancer (2018)

In patients with CRC, those with low SMD were found to have elevated risks of disease-specific and overall mortality, independent of MM or adiposity. Clinical practice should incorporate body composition measures into the evaluation of the health status of patients with CRC. Cancer 2018;124:3008-15. © 2018 American Cancer Society.

Keyphrases

body composition
papillary thyroid
clinical practice
squamous cell
cardiovascular events
resistance training
bone mineral density
risk factors
skeletal muscle
type diabetes
lymph node metastasis
coronary artery disease
squamous cell carcinoma
metabolic syndrome
body mass index
climate change