Associations between muscle measures, survival, and toxicity in patients with limited stage small cell lung cancer.

Tarje Onsøien Halvorsen Christine Damgaard Valan Marit Slaaen Bjørn Henning Grønberg

Published in: Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle (2020)

Patients who received a high dose of cisplatin per kilogram LBM had more haematological toxicity and neutropenic infections than other patients. None of the muscle measures were independent prognostic factors for survival in our cohort of LS SCLC patients who underwent standard chemoradiotherapy.

Keyphrases

prognostic factors
small cell lung cancer
end stage renal disease
high dose
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis
skeletal muscle
low dose
squamous cell carcinoma
patient reported outcomes
locally advanced