Psoas muscle area is an independent survival prognosticator in patients undergoing surgery for long-bone metastases.

Chia-Che LeeTing-En TsengRuey-Feng ChangHung-Kuan YenYu-An ChenYu-Yung ChenChih-Horng WuMing-Hsiao HuMao-Hsu YenMichiel E R BongersOlivier Q GrootCheng-Yo LaiWei-Hsin Lin

Published in: Cancer medicine (2024)

Decreased PMA on CT is associated with worse survival in surgically treated patients with extremity metastases, even after controlling for three contemporary SPAs. Physicians should consider the additional prognostic value of PMA on survival in patients undergoing consideration for operative management due to extremity metastases.

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patients undergoing
free survival
minimally invasive
computed tomography
soft tissue
skeletal muscle
magnetic resonance
coronary artery disease
positron emission tomography
acute coronary syndrome
contrast enhanced
dual energy