Longitudinal changes in skeletal muscle mass in patients with advanced squamous cell lung cancer

• Published in: Thoracic cancer Vol. 12; no. 11; pp. 1662 - 1667
• Main Authors: Lee, Jongsoo, Kim, Eun Young, Kim, Eunji, Kim, Kwang Gi, Kim, Young Jae, Kim, Young Saing, Ahn, Hee Kyung, Lee, Sang‐Woong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd 01.06.2021; John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Age; Aged; cancer cachexia; Cancer therapies; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - complications; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - physiopathology; Chemotherapy; Confidence intervals; Female; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Lung cancer; Lung Neoplasms - complications; Lung Neoplasms - physiopathology; Male; Medical prognosis; Muscle, Skeletal - physiopathology; Musculoskeletal system; Oncology; Original; Patients; Prognosis; Retrospective Studies; Sarcopenia; Sarcopenia - etiology; Sarcopenia - physiopathology; Vertebrae; lung cancer; chemotherapy; prognosis; cancer cachexia; sarcopenia

Background Skeletal muscle depletion (sarcopenia) is associated with poor prognosis in patients with lung cancer. We analyzed changes in skeletal muscle area using serial computed tomography (CT) until the death of patients with advanced squamous cell lung cancer (SQCLC). Methods This retrospective...