Role of 18 F-FDG PET/CT and sarcopenia in untreated non-small cell lung cancer with advanced stage.

Hui YuanXiaoyue TanXiaolin SunLi HeDongjiang LiLei Jiang

Published in: Japanese journal of radiology (2022)

The incidence of sarcopenia increased with declining SUVmax_Muscle in advanced stage NSCLC. Our model using age, sex, BMI, and SUVmax_Muscle might be substituted for the complicated measurement of SMI. After adjustment by stage and TLG_WB, both sarcopenia score and sarcopenia were found to be independently predictive of PFS and OS.

Keyphrases

skeletal muscle
community dwelling
small cell lung cancer
body mass index
risk factors
molecular docking
advanced non small cell lung cancer
molecular dynamics simulations