Sarcopenia is a prognostic factor for TKIs in metastatic thyroid carcinomas.

Haruhiko YamazakiKiminori SuginoKenichi MatsuzuChie MasakiJunko AkaishiKiyomi HamesChisato TomodaAkifumi SuzukiTakashi UrunoKeiko OhkuwaWataru KitagawaMitsuji NagahamaMunetaka MasudaKouichi Ito

Published in: Endocrine (2019)

Sarcopenia could be a predictive factor of TKI treatment outcomes in patients with metastatic thyroid cancer as well as intervention target to improve prognosis. Further prospective investigations are needed to confirm these preliminary data.

Keyphrases

prognostic factors
skeletal muscle
randomized controlled trial
squamous cell carcinoma
community dwelling
small cell lung cancer
tyrosine kinase
electronic health record
high grade
big data
advanced non small cell lung cancer
chronic myeloid leukemia
machine learning