Cross-sectional and longitudinal assessment of muscle from regular chest computed tomography scans: L1 and pectoralis muscle compared to L3 as reference in non-small cell lung cancer

BACKGROUND: Computed tomography (CT) is increasingly used in clinical research for single-slice assessment of muscle mass to correlate with clinical outcome and evaluate treatment efficacy. The third lumbar level (L3) is considered as reference for muscle, but chest scans generally do not reach beyo...

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Autores principales: Sanders, Karin J C, Degens, Juliette H R J, Dingemans, Anne-Marie C, Schols, Annemie M W J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2019
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6452800/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31040657
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S194003

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6452800/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31040657
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S194003

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