Prognostic significance of CT-determined sarcopenia in patients with metastatic pulmonary adenocarcinoma

Autor: V. V. Kechedzhyiev, O. P. Kolesnik
Jazyk: English<br />Russian<br />Ukrainian
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Zaporožskij Medicinskij Žurnal, Vol 23, Iss 2, Pp 231-235 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2310-1210
2306-4145
DOI: 10.14739/2310-1210.2021.2.228773
Popis: The aim. To determine the prognostic significance of computed tomography (CT)-determined sarcopenia in patients with metastatic pulmonary adenocarcinoma. Materials and methods. Thirty patients with metastatic pulmonary adenocarcinoma who received polychemotherapy in the medical center “ONCOLIFE” from 2019 to 2020 were examined. The cross-sectional area was measured using archival CT images. The criteria of sarcopenia was skeletal muscle index at the level of the third lumbar vertebra
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